Eunice Shelton gave up a 30-year nursing career to become a foster carer
Growing up in Jamaica, her childhood was a happy one surrounded by siblings and extended family. Her mum, Daphne, moved to the UK when Eunice was only one so she was brought up by her grandparents.
After two weeks in the role, she realised she had found the one thing that could make her give up her nursing career. Now a seasoned foster carer of 12 years, Eunice was recently crowned winner of the Children's Champion Award at Manchester City Council's annual Foster Carer Awards. "When you're a new foster carer it's best to ask a lot of questions. Ask as many questions as you can about the children and their background before they arrive, and when they do arrive just try to make them feel comfortable.Being a good listener is another quality Eunice believes has stood her in good stead as a foster carer.
Eunice says she is a big believer in routine and ensuring the children she looks after do all their schoolwork, and always have something to do. "Then every Friday we'll sit down and ask what's gone on with everyone, so we know where everyone is up to, what they're worried about, and the way forward for the following week. And if they don't want to discuss it in front of us all they'll just write a little note and give it to me and we do it that way.
Eunice said: "You don't think about it at the time, you just try to teach them something and if it doesn't work out first time, you don't stop, you just keep at it. But then when they remind you years down the line about something you did for them, that you're the one who taught them to do something, you just think 'wow' and it brings back great memories."
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