... up by their own parents. It's a legal procedure in which all the parental responsibility is transferred to the adopters. Once an ... and advice services.
Ask your fostering service about membership of The Fostering Network when you apply to foster.
Can I ...
... development and growth.
School is a vital part of all of this. It can often provide continuity and stability when a fostered ... price of £12.50 or digitally for £4.99.
Talking about Higher Education Factsheet
Foster carers are ambitious for the ...
... for the changes that need to happen to ensure that all fostered children are given the best possible care and helped to fulfil ... UK.
Read Part I , and Part II , or find out more about our recruitment and retention work.
Fostering in Wales: Who ...
... needing foster care today have many different needs but all require their foster carers to be skilled, knowledgeable, committed to them ... a wider support network together with more flexibility about school pick ups and the use of child care for both regular and emergency ...
... as well as our latest recruitment targets , or read more about fostering legislation in Wales .
Confidence in Care
... in Wales, in a central location that is easily accessible to all participants. Sessions last 4 hours a week with a free lunch provided.
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... the needs analysis template is the starting point for all fostering services to inform a recruitment and retention strategy.
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All About Fostering
All About Fostering is a vibrant and useful addition to ...
... run byThe Fostering Network.
For more information about Fostering Excellence please contact one of the below or ring 02920 ... independent and confidential advice line for the public on all matters related to fostering. You can call Fosterline Wales on 0800 316 ...
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The expression “long-term foster care” is not purely about length of time, but rather refers to the care plan and the type of care ... be ended unless a case review has been held and views of all concerned have been taken into account. This includes the child if they are ...
... which aims to provide a framework of best practice to assist all parties in the implementation of staying put. The Department for Education ... support, will be offered so that they can make a decision about whether they can offer a staying put arrangement?
Local ...
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Foster carers who combine fostering with other work say that a supportive employer can make all the difference, enabling them to balance employment with looking after ...
... after fostered children. This means that more than half of all foster carers are having to dip into their own pockets to cover the cost of ... that they were rarely or never given all of the information about a fostered child prior to placement
“As foster carers, ...
... day 55,000 unassuming families wake up, get dressed, and set about making life better for 64,000 children. They’re the everyday heroes who ... world for the fostered children who are living with them. All children deserve a childhood. Foster carers give them the chance to ...
... so that foster carers can make informed decisions about whether they can offer this. The intention from central government is ... to foster, as well as having financial implications for all involved. Where an IFP has a continuing role in supporting foster carers ...
... is a starting point and is not a comprehensive guide to all legislation relating to children and young people in foster care in ... any delegation of responsibility to make decisions about the child’s care and upbringing to the local authority and the foster ...
... Act, and is the result of a joint campaign between The Fostering Network and Action for Children.
The Welsh Government published ... and implementing When I am Ready. It is expected that all local authorities will set up local When I am Ready schemes in line with ... in Wales has developed some Frequently Asked Questions about When I am Ready aimed at answering questions regarding ...
... so far.
I want to restate my heartfelt appreciation for all that you do in caring for and supporting some of our most vulnerable ... I have met young people who have talked to me at length about how their foster families have supported them to consider opportunities ...
... for fostered young people.
For more information about Confidence in Care email Jessica Matthews or ring 02920 440940.
... 125 Fostering Changes training courses to 1,500 carers in all 22 local authorities across Wales
125 support groups for foster carers ...
... Ireland and Wales.
Every year we conduct a survey of all allowances in the UK to alert those fostering services who appear to be ... child.
Tax
The Fostering Network lobbied HMRC about the taxation of foster carers. Local tax agreements meant that foster ...
... – the young person is at the centre of decision making about staying put.
Support – the arrangement provides continuity of ... within the care planning (and pathway planning) process for all children with a care plan of long term foster care. Care planning must be ...
... of meeting the needs of unaccompanied children.
Hear about Richard's experience of caring for unaccompanied asylum seeking children. ... wide and part of our popular Signpost series, the guide has all the information that foster carers need to care for and advocate on behalf ...
