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Claiming benefits - advice for members
… who live with you (who are not fostered). To find out more
contact
the Child Benefit Helpdesk: 0300 200 3100 or visit … think your fostered child might qualify for DLA you can
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Coronavirus (Covid-19) - support for fostering services
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Contact
arrangements during the coronavirus pandemic Foster … the fostering role Aspects of the fostering role such as
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arrangements, short breaks (respite) and social … looked after children and young people - family
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Why fostering needs to keep up with the digital world
… has incredible possibilities when it comes to facilitating
contact
, beyond face to face, for looked-after children with … and their friends. By helping to co-ordinate this kind of
contact
, if approved by the child’s social worker, then you … could otherwise lead to unsupervised and inappropriate
contact
. Children have access to the internet so often, and …
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Health Matters
… to foster carers’ health. Please don’t hesitate to
contact
us for any further support, advice or information. … these issues. For more information on this, please
contact
scotland@fostering.net . If you live in Scotland and … Friday, 10am - 4pm). If you are elsewhere in the UK please
contact
The Fostering Network helpline in your country. …
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Keep Connected: Our campaign story so far
… told us they received little or no support to maintain
contact
with their former fostered children. This is why we … promote, on a regular basis, personal relations and direct
contact
between a child in their care and their siblings. … and hear from a foster carer about her attempt to keep in
contact
with her former fostered child. We also talk to two …
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Holidays and fostering
… if you have any specific questions or concerns you can
contact
our helplines . We would like to take our fostered … and how you will implement this while on holiday. Will
contact
arrangements need to be discussed and adjusted while …
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What is fostering?
… whereas with fostering the child can maintain
contact
with family members (if appropriate) and the state … child, and would usually be encouraged to have regular
contact
with their child. When a child is fostered, foster … family where they can feel secure, often while maintaining
contact
with their birth family. In Scotland, long-term …
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News Story
Make foster carers vaccine priority to prevent ‘catastrophic impact’ on social care system
… through exposure to multiple households as they maintain
contact
with birth families, as well as meeting with social … are increasingly under pressure to support face to face
contact
and to take children to school, regardless of the … its members and supporters in England to ask their MPs to
contact
the Minister for COVID Vaccine Deployment, Nadhim …
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Keep Connected principles launched
… relationship is not ended abruptly, and that maintaining
contact
after a fostered child moves on should be routinely … when it is not in a child’s best interests to keep in
contact
with their previous foster families or others, these … position in any transition planning is for ongoing
contact
. ‘We hope that foster carers will support the …
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