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Fostering service membership
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About
membership By listening to and working with our members … that
foster
care is the very best it can be. We influence
fostering
policy and practice at every level across the UK … you can ensure they are fully protected in their roles.
All
of our
foster
carer members receive market-leading legal …
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Staying Put – your questions answered
… that local authorities should provide to young people. The
Fostering
Network was closely involved in assisting with … so that
foster
carers
can make informed decisions
about
whether they can offer this. The intention from central … to
foster
, as well as having financial implications for
all
involved. Where an IFP has a continuing role in …
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Fosterline Wales factsheets and briefing papers
… of Directors of Social Services (ADSS) Cymru and
All
Wales Heads of Children’s Services (AWHoCS). The national … basics of attachment theory, look at its importance to the
fostering
task, explore the concept of blocked care, … rights, to be represented and to participate in decisions
about
their own lives. This factsheet outlines what advocacy …
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Capacity in foster care: Sufficiency and foster carer approval
… The
Fostering
Network has a proven track record in supporting … for local authorities and independent
fostering
services.
All
local authorities in England are required to ensure that … in the current climate. There has been some uncertainty
about
the ability of
fostering
services to recommend …
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Blog entry
Attracting and Keeping Carers - July 2014
… I was surprised not to see some examples of
fostering
services using the sporting initiatives to tie in … appeal Staff at Manchester Council have been pulling out
all
the stops in their local
foster
carer recruitment drive. … them. The prospective
foster
carer does speak positively
about
the support and training provided by Cornerstone, …
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Attracting and Keeping Carers - August 2015
… set to continue, some under the umbrella of CoramBAAF. The
Fostering
Network of course remains available to answer … One of the assessment? Please get in touch to tell me
about
the impact of your local
Foster
Care Fortnight campaign … guardianship looks like so that the DfE can support
all
practitioners to deliver this. Take the time to share …
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December campaigns blog
… For four decades now The
Fostering
Network has been campaigning to improve the terms and conditions for
foster
carers
–
all
with the ultimate goal of providing increased stability … in for the last few years. Something must be done
about
this. And some
foster
carers
and unions argue that the …
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Attracting and Keeping Carers - October 2015
… Many of these and others who have contacted
fostering
services have expressed an interest to care for a … years, which involves coming in to talk to children of
all
ages
about
his experiences of
fostering
. He answers questions in …
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Like Edward Timpson, we're proud of Staying Put but our expectations have not yet been met
… their former
foster
carers
. Given that up to a third of
all
young people aged 20 to 34 years are currently living … on to their former
foster
carer. We are very concerned
about
this as we do not believe that young care leavers … shift is required We also need a culture shift within
fostering
services, which must accept that
Staying
Put
is the …
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News Story
The Fostering Network welcomes education committee report
… In response to today’s report on
fostering
in England by the House of Commons education … Network’s recommendations, including the need for
all
foster
carers
to be given an allowance that fully covers … the need for
foster
carers
to be given more information
about
children and the drive for better matching, stronger …
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Response to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care Case for Change report
… today published their Case for Change report. The
Fostering
Network welcomes the approach adopted by the review … representation on review groups. We are also concerned
about
the narrow definition of the workforce, with a focus on social workers rather than a wider recognition of
all
those involved in the delivery of children’s social care. …
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Response to House of Commons Education Committee report on fostering in England
… In response to today’s report on
fostering
in England by the House of Commons Education … Network’s recommendations, including the need for
all
foster
carers
to be given an allowance that fully covers … the need for
foster
carers
to be given more information
about
children and the drive for better matching, stronger …
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Events