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Contact
… role in supporting children’s relationships. They need
to
offer a consistent, reliable base from which children can …
to
contact
. This plan should refer specifically
to
how
the child will maintain links with and receive information
about
family and friends. From face-
to
-face
contact
to
…
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Making decisions for a child in foster care
… Why should foster carers be involved in decisions
about
a child’s care? In many cases, foster carers know the … other professional. As they are responsible for their day-
to
-day care, foster carers are likely
to
have a unique … decisions are being made
about
the child they care for.
How
should foster carers be involved? As equals in the team …
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Contact in foster care
…
Contact
is important and can contribute
to
: preparing a foster child for a return home maintaining … professional help
to
a fostered child’s parents regarding
how
to
respond
to
their child’s behaviour.
Contact
has a role in keeping children up
to
date with information
about
their family and it can help young people
to
decide
how
…
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Equality, equity, diversity and inclusion: promoting inclusive practice in fostering
… and inclusion are distinct concepts, but it is important
to
consider them together. Equality is
about
giving everyone an equal chance
to
take part. Equity … supports,
to
understand anti-discriminatory practice and
how
experiences of discrimination can be complex and …
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Blog entry
Head, Heart, Hands April 2015
… Haltung – what does it mean and
how
can you use it? Change makers Learning
to
live in the real world
How
to
Involve children in care … Hill says Haltung is the starting point for thinking
about
how
to
incorporate social pedagogy in her practice as a …
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Contact during lockdown: A follow up interview with Professor Beth Neil
… children’s sector, such as social workers, as they tended
to
have a general oversight of the whole process of
how
contact
was happening during lockdown and what it was … perhaps speak with the birth family before
to
prompt them
about
how
to
keep the child engaged, get the equipment ready, …
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Learning from lockdown and moving forward: our contact arrangements webinar series
… research project on
contact
during lockdown (read more
about
the research in this blog ). Their research aimed
to
answer
how
birth family
contact
for children in care is being …
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Children’s connections with families during the covid-19 outbreak: Interview with Professor Beth Neil
… research interests and could you tell me a little bit more
about
how
this piece of research came
about
? As a researcher, I … but with this survey that we have just launched, we intend
to
look at foster carers’ and kinship carers’ experiences …
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Head, Heart, Hands July 2015
… Thornhill, a foster carer, gives a vivid description of
how
social pedagogy has changed her children’s lives for the better.
To
understand the journey our two foster children have made, … from his teachers at school. He was worried and anxious
about
almost everything and protective of his little brother. …
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News Story
Keep connected contact campaign launched with new research
… On, part of the charity’s campaign of the same name, spoke
to
over 175 children and young people, and over 1,100 foster … they care for. In Foster Children: Where They Go and
How
They Get On (Sinclair et al, 2005), Sinclair wrote: “The … by a foster carer who contacted The Fostering Network
about
a recent court case. They were prevented by the local …
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Report focusing on improving experiences of Muslim foster carers and fostered children launched today
… of Muslim foster carers in England, with a focus on
how
to
provide the right support
to
children and young people … recommendations include: The importance of collecting data
about
the number of Muslim looked after children and
how
a …
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