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The Mortgage Brain
… securing a mortgage. If you are fed up with lenders asking
for
your accounts and questioning your income, please look no … to ensure the absolute best service
for
their members. ‘
Working
across the whole of the market, our advisers have … application through to completion.’ What foster carers say
about
The Mortgage Brain Limited 'This is my second mortgage …
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Contact in foster care
… important and can contribute to: preparing a foster child
for
a return home maintaining relationships and connections … has a role in keeping children up to date with information
about
their family and it can help young people to decide how … contact needs to be discussed and understood by everyone
working
with looked after children and shared with the …
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Why foster?
… combine fostering with other responsibilities, like caring
for
your own children, or having another job. The age and … training and support to develop your skills and knowledge
about
fostering. This is sometime called 'continued … a real difference to a child's life, supporting them and
working
to help them develop and achieve their potential. I …
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Campaign successes
… Staying Put funding In Autumn 2019, the Department
for
Education in Westminster announced an additional £10 … engaging many supporters and partner organisations and
working
with several MPs to build a groundswell of support at … can offer advice. Tax The Fostering Network lobbied HMRC
about
the taxation of foster carers. Local tax agreements …
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Register of foster carers
… four countries of the UK – something we have long called
for
– would address three current issues in the fostering … in the fostering sector. To be clear, we are not talking
about
placement matching or fostering recruitment registers, … pre- and post-approval training, more regional partnership
working
on recruitment and training and a stronger body …
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Blog entry
Nine things to notice in the 2018/19 Fostering in England data
… tell
us
. This is particularly true when we start to think
about
whether the number of newly approved fostering … children. This clearly has a significant impact on demand
for
foster care, as well as on the budgets of local … insight into foster care is always welcome, and we will be
working
with our members and the wider sector to better …
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Head, Heart, Hands - March 2016
… people’s self-esteem. The project was initially designed
for
13-18 year-olds who were on the edge of care, looked … project was empowering the young people to make choices
about
what they wanted to learn and was underpinned by social … supporting this type of project and had experience of
working
with this group of young people. They had acquired …
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Attracting and Keeping Carers - October 2014
… Hackney One aspect that appears to be going well
for
Hackney Council is their support and training, as … Trust Northern Ireland’s Western Trust will soon be
working
with The Fostering Network as part of a bespoke … mean you are making a commitment. We want people to think
about
fostering as we have a range of different needs”. …
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A view from the other side
…
For
as long as I can remember as a senior manager in a local … I probably didn’t give much thought to how it had come
about
or whose idea it was in the first place but that it was … benefits were numerous, but it’s only since I have been
working
with The Fostering Network have I got a real sense of …
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Happy birthday to a difficult balancing Act
… I have been asking myself whether the Act is still fit
for
purpose and what, if anything, from a fostering … but it’s always it is the role of all professionals
working
within the scope of the Act to manage the … in its perspectives. To do this everyone must be clear
about
what they want to achieve and to challenge the systems …
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News Story
Education minister visits unique fostering programme in Northern Ireland
… supports the education of looked after children by
working
collaboratively with carers, educationalists, social … children’s needs, deliver services and improve outcomes
for
children and young people. Since the programme … often vulnerable children and young people.” Find out more
about
Fostering Achievement or if you believe you may have …
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