Chasing paperwork

If there is one thing I have learnt from this process so far, is that Local Authorities are under staffed and that their social workers are over worked.  So it is not surprising that from time to time things get overlooked.

This small fact however true it is does not stop impatient people like myself getting a little pee'd off irate from time to time. 

We received our prep course dates on 13th December following a small email from myself expressing my concern that DH would need some notice in order to book annual leave.  The reply was great, that the course had been set for 2 days at the end of feb and 2 days at the beginning of march.  We would receive our application form 6 weeks before prep and needed to complete it asap.

Needless to say no paperwork arrived, no confirmation of the prep course, no application form and no consent forms that we were advised we would receive.  With only 5 weeks until prep course I was on a mission to chase these up.  The manager apologised prefusely and advised they were extremely business and had a few staff off sick.  She hand delivered them to us that evening and we set about completing everything.

Once we had completed the long and time consuming application form we arranged a meeting at the local offices to deliver everything back and take all copy documentation in as requested.

For those that may be reading this looking for an insight into the process the application form asked the following - however I do believe that the application forms vary from agency to agency and also the timing on when they are sent is also different.


Current name
Previous names
DOB
Address history
Contact numbers
Doctors
Education history
Employment history
Chronolgy of personal life events
Referee's names adddress and contact numbers
Criminal record (incl driving offences)
Incomings and outgoings, budget sheet

I am sure there was more so I will look back and check the photocopy I have taken so I can add to this to make it as full and complete as possible.

So everything was now in place and we could look forward to prep course.