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Protecting Our Foster Kids

Launa Kennett

Kirsty Cunningham

Sacha Mirzoeff

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Keith undefined

Aiden undefined

Gregg undefined

Ryan undefined

Becky undefined

Emily undefined

Georgie undefined

Jesse undefined

Natasha undefined

Nikki undefined

Marian undefined

Sarah undefined

David undefined

Protecting Our Foster Kids: Episode 2: Jesse's Home

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Episode 2: Jesse's Home

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Following the life of four-month-old Jesse from the time he comes into foster care.

Documentary series. This episode follows four-month-old Jesse, from when he first comes into foster care to a meeting where his long-term future is decided.

The second episode follows four-month-old Jesse from when he comes into emergency foster care until his first birthday.

When Jesse is moved to a new placement he meets Dawn and Keith, experienced foster carers. We follow their story as they juggle giving Jesse the love he needs, whilst also encouraging his bond with his mum Natasha to strengthen as he may eventually go home to her.

Birth mum Natasha has been struggling with post-natal depression and found the challenge of looking after two children too much too soon after Jesse's birth. But she hasn't given up on him and has weekly contact.

Dawn is acutely aware that the longer he stays the harder it'll be to say goodbye, a process that Keith says 'nearly destroyed her in the past.'

As the months progress, Jesse grows his first tooth, learns to sit and then crawl. As his first Christmas approaches, all the professionals need to decide whether it's in the child's best interests to return to mum, and his mum has an important decision to make too.

With privileged access to Dorset's Children and Family Services and the emotional worlds of both the foster family and the birth family, the film concludes at a meeting where Jesse's long-term future is decided.

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Follows Dorset County Council's fostering service over the course of a year.

Follows Dorset County Council's fostering service over the course of a year to witness the intimate day-to-day work foster carers and other professionals do in helping the lives of children in care.

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