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    Frequently asked questions
    ... 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 ...
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    Education resources for foster carers
    ... writing for primary learners Powerful ways that all foster carers can support children's learning Supporting children ... price of £12.50 or digitally for £4.99. Talking about Higher Education Factsheet Foster carers are ambitious for the ...
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    Other research
    ... Network received enquiries from fostering services worrying about approving people as foster carers who were non-UK EU nationals, and also ... that care for them - 2016 Earlier this year the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children (APPGC) launched an inquiry into ...
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    Our work in Wales
    ... 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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    Covid-19 FAQs by fostering services
    ... regular review. Services should ensure the safety of all involved and fulfil a ‘duty of care’ to the foster family as well as ... reaching a decision regarding suitability. You can read more about this in our briefing on the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) ...
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    Can I foster if?
    ... of backgrounds need fostering, so foster families come from all walks of life as well. If you are in the UK for a limited time, fostering ... needs. However, you would need to consider how you feel about discussing issues such as alternative religious beliefs or certain ...
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    President's Award winners - past and present
    ... think of a better foster carer than my mum. She has all the right ingredients and goes above and beyond for the children in her ... contributed to a Men Who Care book, challenging perceptions about male foster carers, and uses his role as a school governor to ensure ...
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    Coronavirus (Covid-19) - support for foster carers
    ... During this time of uncertainty due to coronavirus, all our  helplines  will remain open as usual for any fostering-related ... . If you are a foster carer with concerns or queries about coronavirus and local practice (such as contact arrangements), or its ...
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    Combining fostering and other work
    ... 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 ...
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    Coronavirus (Covid-19) - our influencing activity
    ... should have received an email from Social Care Wales about how to get the card to unregistered social care workers. Social Care ... the social care worker cards . We are campaigning for all foster carers in the UK to be considered key workers during the crisis so ...
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    Fosterline Wales factsheets
    ... model places a duty on Children’s Services staff to ensure all children and young people who became looked after, post 1 July 2017, and ... rights, to be represented and to participate in decisions about their own lives.  This factsheet outlines what advocacy for ...
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    Fostering Excellence Awards
    ... Awards 2020 took place online - congratulations to all of our amazing winners! Read about the ceremony and find out about our winners  here . Thank you to ...
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    Fostering Friendly
    About Fostering Friendly  Our Fostering Friendly employers scheme offers ... work. Those who do say that a supportive employer can make all the difference, enabling them to balance employment with looking after ...
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    Fostering Attainment and Achievement
    ... for fostered young people. For more information about Fostering Attainment and Achievement telephone The Fostering Network in ... them engage with the education system. A helpline for all your educational queries and concerns. One to one support on all ...
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    Long-term foster care and permanence
    ... The expression “long-term foster care” is not purely about the length of time, but rather refers to the care plan and the type of ... 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 ...
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    Coronavirus (Covid-19) - support for fostering services
    ... During this time of uncertainty due to coronavirus, all our  helplines  will remain open as usual for any fostering-related ... recent inspection judgements, other information they hold about the provider, the amount of time since the last inspection and whether ...
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    A review of 2019
    ... doorstep – it’s completely up to you. Find out more about the ways to fundraise . Films Pandora Christie ... cheese and wine tasting evenings or a community BBQ are all great way to raise awareness of fostering in your local area and provide an ...
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    Recruitment and retention resources
    ... the needs analysis template is the starting point for all fostering services to inform a recruitment and retention strategy.  ... and Welsh here.  Resources to buy All About Fostering All About Fostering is a vibrant and useful addition to ...
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    Staying Put
    ... 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 authorities ...
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    School attendance and punctuality
    About the issue It is a legal requirement for children and young people ... will be really keen to address issues and to ensure that all students are attending regularly and making sustained progress. How we can help foster carers The Fostering Network offers advice, information, and support. Our expertise and ...
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    It's time to treat foster carers as the professionals that they are
    ... 'foster carers' or 'foster parents'. I'm not talking about what fostered children and young people call their foster carers - this ... live with them). It's not that foster carers don't exercise all the parenting skills that birth parents might use, but fostering is much ...
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    Attracting and Keeping Carers – May 2013
    ​ ​This month is all about Foster Care Fortnight® and raising the profile of fostering across the UK. We’ve been asking fostering services to ‘get in ...
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    Attracting and Keeping Carers – June 2013
    ... support fostering. Give yourself a pat on the back! What all this translates to in terms of figures is over 1,100 pieces of media ... for many people, this will be an early stage of finding out about fostering and they need the time to consider the decision. We are ...
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    Attracting and Keeping Carers - April 2013
    ... pace. The Fostering Network’s have been out and about, taking pictures of celebrities in the frame, as well as snapping ... hardships that some of these kids have had to endure, I feel all the more privileged that they have allowed me a glimpse of their dreams. I ...
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    Attracting and Keeping Carers - June 2015
    ... people who would otherwise not connect with fostering about the benefits it brings, as well as celebrating those already connected to ... in foster care. But the spirit of it needs to be followed by all services involved in the process. It is therefore an opportunity for all ...
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    Attracting and Keeping Carers - April 2015
    ... to approval. The report contains some key questions for all fostering services to consider. March also brought to an end our pilot ... events or on stands or stalls to engage people in thinking about what fostering means to them, and how they are connected. Their pictures ...
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    Attracting and Keeping Carers - May 2015
    Many of you have already been out and about taking pictures with the My Connection to Fostering placards and ... the honest but positive and inspirational stories we should all be sharing during Foster Care Fortnight™, 1 to 14 June .  To help ...
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    Attracting and Keeping Carers - September 2014
    ... to finances available for fostering. What do you think about publicising finances available to foster in campaigns? As our London ... placed in B&B accommodation for 28 days or more. While not all children will wish to ‘stay put’ it will be interesting to see how the ...
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    Attracting and Keeping Carers - September 2013
    ... knowledge overlap… I’ve had a few enquiries recently about recruiting in small BME communities, so this months IN FOCUS will look at ... the UK and abroad, bringing looked-after children from all backgrounds together to take part in a fun activity. Holding an event ...
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    Attracting and Keeping Carers - April 2014
    ... and hair and skin care. This is a useful resource for all foster carers caring for a child of a different ethnicity to them, ... endearing thoughts including, “When I saw something on TV about fostering, I thought I would have a go” and ““It was quite a ...
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    Attracting and Keeping Carers - August 2015
    ... the assessment? ​ Please get in touch to tell me about the impact of your local Foster Care Fortnight campaign . A number of ... special guardianship looks like so that the DfE can support all practitioners to deliver this. Take the time to share your views and ...
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    Attracting and Keeping Carers - October 2014
    ... mean you are making a commitment. We want people to think about fostering as we have a range of different needs”. Fostering services ... and fundamentally caring nature are skills sought in all new foster carers. Manchester campaign continued In July’s ...
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    Attracting and Keeping Carers - August 2014
    ... their new campaign, Room for Me? Stephen talks openly about his experiences and his words will connect with many children in care ... of the project we would like to continue, and broaden out to all fostering services across the UK. If you would like to participate in ...
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    A view from the other side
    ... 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 always the time ... invaluable contribution made by our fostering services for all their hard work and commitment to providing the best possible care for ...
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    Fostering Better Outcomes: A message to foster carers from our chief executive
    ... Outcomes report was one of disappointment – we wrote about how the report glosses over the primary issues facing fostering, how it ... that this was what the stocktake would be doing – after all, what is the point of taking more than a year to review fostering if it ...
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    Attracting and Keeping Carers - November 2013
    ... who have had a difficult start in life, a role we should all celebrate. LA and IFP join forces Parallel to our own recruitment ... to address some of the concerns of prospective foster carers about the impact of fostering on the wider family.   From across the ...
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    A thank you from our chief executive
    ... the lives of fostered children, I want to say thank you to all foster carers for the invaluable work that you do for the children in your ... foster carer. We know that foster carers are passionate about what they do, that they want to make a difference, that they like working ...
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    Maybe I’m not so broken after all
    ... a sense of belonging. It mattered that someone cared enough about him to make sure his room was clean and fresh, that he was sent to school ... with partners regionally in the Regional Adoption and Fostering Service, with the five health and social care trusts and with ...
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    Attracting and Keeping Carers - July 2014
    ... Staff at Manchester Council have been pulling out all the stops in their local foster carer recruitment drive.  With modern ... them. The prospective foster carer does speak positively about the support and training provided by Cornerstone, specifically for those ...
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    Attracting and Keeping Carers - July 2015
    ... the positives, but it is a feel good introduction to what we all hope foster care can provide. The film is a worthwhile investment and the ... have all sorts of buds and branches – family isn’t just about DNA. Across our city children need families who will help them to ...
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    Call for increased flexibility for foster carers combining fostering and work
    ... fostering service and their employer), shares their opinions about combining fostering with other work and identifies what kind of support ... fostering services can do to make this work successfully for all involved.   “Moreover, where foster carers are told that to ...
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    Call for increased flexibility for foster carers combining fostering and work
    ... fostering service and their employer), shares their opinions about combining fostering with other work and identifies what kind of support ... fostering services can do to make this work successfully for all involved.   “Moreover, where foster carers are told that to ...
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    UK’s fostering system under ‘unsustainable strain’, top fostering charity warns
    ... foster carers reported that they were rarely or never given all the information about a fostered child prior to their arrival. In addition, the top three ...
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    Report focusing on improving experiences of Muslim foster carers and fostered children launched today
    ... include: The importance of collecting data about the number of Muslim looked after children and how a child or young ... sector to develop and share best practice. We work to ensure all fostered children and young people experience stable family life and we are ...
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    Pioneering foster carers lead the way
    ... and applying the Values Modes™ theory can improve all fostering services’ recruitment and retention performance.’ In ... together and understand the big picture; they’re concerned about the environment, society, world poverty, and so on; they’re always ...
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    London’s children in foster care to receive educational boost
    ... by The Fostering Network in partnership with Achievement for All aimed at improving educational outcomes for children in foster care, took ... how the programme will move forward. We’re very excited about this work, and very optimistic that we can support foster carers and ...
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    Five ways the new Children’s Minister can help improve foster care
    ... We hope that the Minister will set an example by speaking about and treating foster carers as key members of the childcare team. We would like to see her encourage all fostering services in England to adopt and properly implement our Foster ...
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    A huge disappointment and a wasted opportunity - The Fostering Network's response to the Government's Fostering Better Outcomes report
    ... for Staying Put. The report does not address funding at all, and without this, the wellbeing of future generations of young care ... We are disappointed that the report makes no recommendations about a register beyond saying this is to be explored. Surely the last two ...
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    UK’s fostering system under ‘unsustainable strain’, top fostering charity warns
    ... foster carers reported that they were rarely or never given all the information about a fostered child prior to their arrival. In addition, the top three ...
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    Strengthen long-term fostering to provide stability for children, report urges
    ... should have more authority to make day-to-day decisions about the care of children in long-term placements than about those in ... social worker. However, nearly two in 10 felt not at all supported. Inadequate access to the child’s social worker was seen as a ...
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    Vital contribution of tens of thousands of foster families across the UK highlighted during coronavirus
    ... during the coronavirus outbreak. The UK’s leading fostering charity, The Fostering Network, is using this year’s Foster Care ... global crisis that has affected every one of us and impacted all aspects of our society. Despite the practical and emotional challenges that ... to thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/fcf20 .  For information about becoming a foster carer please visit ...
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    The Fostering Network welcomes education committee report
    ... Network’s recommendations, including the need for all foster carers to be given an allowance that fully covers costs, a push for ... the need for foster carers to be given more information about children and the drive for better matching, stronger support and improved ...
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    Individualised transition back to school needed for children in foster care
    ... cent reported having had no individual contact from schools about the child in their care.  As well as raising concerns about the ... to promote and enhance learning, need to fully engage with all the children they are responsible for to ensure a successful transition. ...
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    Education minister visits unique fostering programme in Northern Ireland
    ... policy in Northern Ireland their stories. And they are all looking forward to a summer of fantastic Fostering Achievement ... vulnerable children and young people.” Find out more about Fostering Achievement or if you believe you may have what it takes to be ...
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    Pioneering foster carers lead the way
    ... they try to understand the big picture; they’re concerned about the environment, society, world poverty, and so on; they’re always ... and applying the Values Modes™ theory can improve all fostering services’ recruitment and retention performance.” In ...
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    ‘Foster care gave me a future’: Hollie receives The Fostering Network in Northern Ireland’s inaugural President’s Award 
    ... is a great role model to young people and an inspiration to all of us.’  Kathleen Toner, Director of The Fostering Network in ... of becoming a foster carer because of myths and misbeliefs about fostering. If you are interested in fostering, please find out more ...
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    Some calm reflections after a turbulent week
    ... the main controversies arising from this week’s story is about how it is decided which foster family a child will live with. Finding a ... can best meet their particular needs. The thing that all foster carers have in common is a desire to offer support, stability and ...
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    Foster Care Fortnight launched in Northern Ireland
    Foster carers and staff from all fostering providers in Northern Ireland came together for this annual event, ... public who have come along this afternoon to find out more about fostering and have opened their heart to the idea of their family ...
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    Education programme to boost aspirations and achievement for London’s fostered children
    ... families across the capital has been launched by charity the Fostering Network, working in partnership with Achievement for All 3As. London Fostering Achievement is funded by the Mayor of London through ... engineering and maths (STEM) subjects. Further information about the London Schools Excellence Fund is on the website ...
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    Education minister celebrates Fostering Achievement in Northern Ireland
    ... is a unique programme of activity that works will all five statutory health trusts in Northern Ireland. It is publicly funded and ... for children and foster carers.”  Find out more about Fostering Achievement on the website. Education minister ...
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    Caring for Looked After Children
    ... re-examined their expectations in light of their learning about attachment Attachment (Level 2) Aim To ... development, which is unusual, bearing in mind that all children and young people are individuals and will develop at different ...
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