With her two children nearly grown up, Sharon Wooller was ready to follow her dream career. She was in her early forties, had just completed an access to nursing qualification and was about to start a university midwifery course.
But the NHS manager and trainer from Blackwood, Caerphilly, had to give it all up when her daughter had a baby aged 17. When the teenager and her young partner were unable to care for their son Sharon stepped in leaving her job and career dreams behind.
“I was about to fulfil my dream and start a university course to retrain as a midwife. My life turned on its head when social services asked me to take care of my 10-month-old grandson, otherwise he would go into the care system - of course, your instinct is to care for your own flesh and blood,” she said.
