After the individual interviews are complete, it’s time for dreaded
home visit! This is probably the most misconstrued part of the home study
process because it usually is viewed as the scariest part of the processes.
This is understandable because it doesn’t seem to be enough to be asked to know
every itty-bitty detail about your life but then they want to come into your
home.
I think every couple going through their home study makes
the same effort to make sure that there home is spotless and could pass a white
glove test. We learned that all this effort is not necessary because the case
worker isn’t looking for dust; they are looking for big things that could be
harmful to a child. The things that they want to make sure you have in your
house are things like a carbon monoxide monitor, fire extinguisher in the
kitchen, and making sure you have working fire alarms in each of the bedrooms, hallways
and living spaces.
On the other side they want to make sure that you don’t have
an uncovered mote in your back yard, an unsecured area for medicines and
cleaning materials, or anything that would be extremely hazardous to a child.
All in all, when we completed our home visit, our case
worker was in our home for a total of 10 min. He came in, checked for the
required items, asked if we had any questions and then left. It was that simple and I’m pretty sure that the
week of cleaning and organizing wasn’t necessary but at least we had a very
clean house.
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