Blogs
Good afternoon members and welcome to the first community round-up of 2016, giving you an overview of posts you may find useful from the past month. We hope that you all enjoyed the festive period and are feeling good about the year ahead.
By Aby Wojcik on January 15th, 2016
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks are more commonly known as police checks. All foster carers have one but what exactly are they?
By Cathy Glass on January 14th, 2016
The assessment is underway and we’re starting from the beginning, or as the form F calls it, the Early Years. Our assessor has sent us a list of questions as homework in preparation for her next visit this weekend.
By Lucy Stevens on January 5th, 2016
It’s Saturday morning and the house is now (reasonably) tidy. This is unusual for any day of the week but particularly for a Saturday. Today, however, is no ordinary Saturday – today is the day our assessor is coming.
By Lucy Stevens on December 10th, 2015
Good afternoon members and welcome to community round-up 107. Here is a round-up of what you have been talking about over the last fortnight.
By Aby Wojcik on December 4th, 2015
Foster carer Karen Underwood trekked along the Great Wall of China to raise money for The Fostering Network. Karen and her husband Simon have been foster carers for Wiltshire Council for four years. Here Karen reflects on her experience.
By Daniel.Sinclairtfn on December 2nd, 2015
The Fostering Network, as part of its innovation work and with funding from the Department for Education, is introducing, and supporting the delivery of the pioneering Mockingbird Family Model to foster care in the UK. You can find out more here. In this blog, Christopher - who is working on the Mockingbird programme - shares some of the excitement surrounding the launch of the hub homes.
By Christopher Scott Burrows on November 30th, 2015
My husband Jim and I first met each other at work. He always struck me as a great person to be around: intelligent, insightful and fair but with a wicked sense of humour. As we headed off together last week to attend the Skills to Foster training, I was taken straight back to the days when we used to work together every day. I was thinking how nice it was to be going to the same place at the same time for once. I was thinking that spending two days during the working week together was a rare boon. I was excited that, as a couple; we would be learning more about something we care deeply about and our responses to it.
By Lucy Stevens on November 27th, 2015
Good afternoon members and welcome to community round-up 106. Here is a round-up of what you have been talking about over the past fortnight.
By Aby Wojcik on November 20th, 2015
