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Health and foster care
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Foster
carer medicals In recent years
fostering
services … and caring for children and young people. This
could
include that is knowledge about adolescence, child … to surgical, mental or dental examination or treatment.
You
can purchase The
Fostering
Network’s medical treatment …
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Equality, equity, diversity and inclusion: promoting inclusive practice in fostering
… About equality, equity, diversity and inclusion in
foster
care The
fostering
community is made up of a diverse … information about intersectionality can be found online.
You
may find these of interest: Podcast: intersectionality … What support or training opportunities are in place, or
could
be introduced, to help everyone to do this? Making …
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Actively championing anti-racist practice in fostering
… is illegal in the UK yet many children and young people in
foster
care, the families caring for them, the social workers … to everyone involved in
fostering
, at all levels.
You
can begin by: thinking about how your
fostering
service … a systematic approach to reviewing how things work.
You
could
start by exploring the make-up of your organisation and …
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Blog entry
The retention and recruitment of foster carers in England - members' views and research opportunity
… for Education should launch a high-profile national
foster
carer recruitment programme. This is with the aim to … final report.
Foster
carers suggested that retention
could
be improved by enhancing support, training, the status … Find out more about our Cost of
Fostering
campaign and how
you
can get involved here . What The
Fostering
Network are …
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Attracting and Keeping Carers - August 2015
… the terrible pun further down. Answers on a postcard if
you
spot it… Supporting
fostering
services to recruit and retain
foster
carers: a directory of case study resources A new … special guardians works at the moment, and whether this
could
be improved. Feedback is also welcomed on what the best …
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‘I was hooked and never looked back’: How 18-year-old Reece’s foster carers supported his dreams to study drama
…
You
mentioned that
you
have been living with your current
foster
carers for the past seven years. How would
you
… living in
foster
care and it’s something I never thought I
could
have as a younger child. I’ve been given so many …
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Foster carers needed for children with complex needs
… with almost two in 10 of all children. That’s why this
Foster
Care Fortnight many
fostering
services are asking … good placements or were moving out and it made me think I
could
become a
foster
carer.” Other
foster
carers, like … welcoming home where a child can feel secure and safe. Do
you
have the skills and willingness to
foster
and
could
…
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What’s missing from the Government’s strategy ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’?
… Employment status When we surveyed
foster
carers on what they felt was missing from the review’s … for Education and will continue to push for this.
You
can find our report and blog on allegations here. … following up with a blog about where we feel the strategy
could
go further in the coming weeks. …
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News Story
New report shows allegations process is failing both children in care and foster carers
… to improve practice around allegation investigations in
foster
care, as the impact of poor support and lengthy … land, no one takes into account how much stress this puts
you
under’. Current practice in dealing with allegations
could
also result in children in
foster
care experiencing …
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Urgent need for over 8,000 new foster families across the UK this year
… More than 8,000 new
foster
families across the UK need to be found in the coming … coming forward during 2018, and especially those
who
could
foster
teenagers and sibling groups, some children will … thrive. ‘I would say to potential
foster
carers that, if
you
can look beyond the immediate challenges and focus on the …
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Urgent need for over 8,000 new foster families across the UK this year
… More than 8,000 new
foster
families across the UK need to be found in the coming … coming forward during 2018, and especially those
who
could
foster
teenagers and sibling groups, some children will … thrive. ‘I would say to potential
foster
carers that, if
you
can look beyond the immediate challenges and focus on the …
Read more>
Charity calls for 7,000 more foster families, particularly for teens and siblings
… More than 7,000 new
foster
families are needed in the coming year to ensure that … coming forward during 2017, and especially people
who
could
foster
teenagers and siblings, some children will find … them teenagers - but there is a sense of achievement when
you
see a young person’s life being transformed after a …
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