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Another Year down to "Experience"!!!

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  I  got sacked! I've never been sacked before- I've " flounced out"  a few times but never actually sacked- let alone for "Gross Misconduct"!!! So, what was my heinous crime? I had been working as a Children's Advocate for an organisation that sees itself as the lead in its field.  As an advocate, I am not supposed to transport kids with me in my car... I am also a Foster Carer. As a foster carer, I am encouraged to transport kids with me in my car... On the weekend of King Charles' coronation, my foster son asked me if I could take him out. I had been working very hard and had not made enough time for him so of course I agreed. I remembered the plight of an unaccompanied asylum-seeker who has been holed up in a hotel not far from us. He had been complaining that he never leaves his room and was very depressed. I asked my foster son if he'd be up for this lad joining us, he was up for it so I contacted the lad in the hotel and I was on the way t