Programme Officer - Kinship Support
Salary: £24,000 PA
Hours: 36 hours per week
Location: Unit 22, 40 Montgomery Road, Belfast.
The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading fostering charity. We are dedicated to creating a better future for fostered children and young people. We bring together everyone who is involved in their lives, leading, inspiring, motivating and supporting them to make foster care better. Together with our members and supporters we are a powerful catalyst for change, and we’ve been shaping and influencing the fostering agenda for more than 40 years.
Independent Review of Children’s Social Care – Final report & recommendations.
Today the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care have published their final report, a set of wide-ranging recommendations and a plan to radically improve the children’s social care system.
A once in a generation opportunity to transform the children’s social care system and provide children with loving, safe and stable families.
Below is the link to the report:
Home - The Independent Review of Children's Social Care (independent-review.uk)
Trainer Consultant
Salary: £35,000 - £42,021pa Dependent upon experience
QA Damage to Foster Carer Property and Belongings
In case you missed it! Our Member Helpline team answered one of the most common queries they receive from Foster carers in a QA article - Damage to foster Carer Property and Belongings. The article Covers the following points:
- Who should pay
- What you can do
- What fostering services should do
You can read the whole article in our Foster Carer magazine issue No 183 on the link below:
https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/magazines
Celebrating our achievements in Wales this Foster Care Fortnight
To mark the start of the Foster Care FortnightTM celebrations, Sarah Thomas – our Director in Wales – shares what she is most looking forward to and how she plans to celebrate our fantastic #FosteringCommunities.
Welcome to Foster Care Fortnight 2022!
This is my seventh Foster Care FortnightTM as chief executive of The Fostering Network, and each year I like to kick off the campaign by celebrating all of those involved in fostering for the vital role they play in the lives of children in foster care.
Why men who foster need to support each other
The Fostering Network in Wales has recently produced a resource to help fostering services establish support groups for male foster carers, with a particular focus on newly approved male carers. The resource was written by two experienced male foster carers, with input from several other men. Here, one of the writers explains why they believe the resource – and the support groups – to be so vital.
