Still waiting for 1st placement

Licensed in July --still waiting. My SW told me that they had a family that waited for a year for the first placement. I just keeping holding onto the thought of "the placmenet we were meant to have hasn't come along yet"

Thank you for the response. Sorry to hear that you are waiting for your first placement as well. Are you with CYS or through an agency? We are through our local CYS. I just keep waiting by the phone and praying.:eyebrows:

We (sort of) lucked out. We had our first placement prior to being certified. But unfortunately that (fost to adopt) placement didn't work out and it was really devestating. I thought it would be a long time til we got another one, but within 4 weeks we had another placement. We did get several calls during those weeks, but they were placements we wouldn't consider. The wait is hard.... just try to keep yourself busy. Also, I would call once a week (or email) just checking in to see if they had anything or reminding them I was ready/willing/able. Stay on their mind! Good luck!(Oh, I am through an agency).

I'm with one of the private agencies that contracts to DHS in Philly. Though we live in MontCo, I really liked this agency so we decided to work with them. Apparently it doesn't matter. Anyway, I really do like the sw's in this agency and I do touch base with my sw every other week or so...I just keep telling myself that it will happen when it's meant to happen and not before (of course it helps that my DH keeps reminding me of that every few days)