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Foster Care Fortnight 2021
… This theme was decided upon through consulting with
foster
carers and
care
experienced children and young people from
England
, … Other highlights from the fortnight included: Minister of
Health
in
Northern Ireland, Robin Swann, launching the …
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What is permanence?
… Many children who come into
care
return home to live with their parents. However, for … order from the courts.
In
these arrangements, the
foster
carers will also need to be approved as adopters. For … the local authority (
in
England
, Scotland and Wales) or
health
and social
care
trust (
in
Northern Ireland)
in
which …
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Coronavirus (Covid-19) - support for foster carers
… stress support service and legal helpline . If you are a
foster
carer with concerns or queries about coronavirus and … arrangements), or its impact on your fostering because of
health
, then please contact your fostering service
in
the … as they know you, your family and the children
in
your
care
. Our practice staff across the UK are working with …
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Fostering allowances
… What are allowances? All
foster
carers receive a weekly fostering allowance from their … designed to cover the cost of caring for a child
in
foster
care
. This includes food, clothes, toiletries, travel and all … all local authorities
in
England
, Scotland and Wales and
health
and social
care
trusts
in
Northern Ireland to ensure …
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State of the Nation's Foster Care 2019
… State of the Nation's
Foster
Care
report The survey, which took place
in
the summer of … say that they are supporting fostered children with mental
health
needs who are not accessing specialist support; and 43 …
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Blog entry
Recognising and addressing the scale of FASD in the UK foster care system
… two decades I’ve been researching the lives of children
in
care
and their families
in
Northern Ireland, with a particular focus on
health
and wellbeing, trying to understand the factors that …
health
difficulties, often very common, that children
in
foster
care
and their
foster
families have to deal with on a …
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Head, Heart, Hands May 2015
… meaning that love has for them and whether there can be
care
without love. What’s love got to do with it? This was … with some fantastic contributions from Head, Heart, Hands
foster
carers about what love means
in
their relationships … experiencing emotional, behavioural, social and mental
health
difficulties. I like the focus on play, love, …
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Head, Heart, Hands April 2015
… to live
in
the real world How to Involve children
in
care
planning What do you think of the Head, Heart, Hands … Haltung – what does it mean and how can you use it?
Foster
carer Nicola Hill says Haltung is the starting point … fed up with repeating the same information at PEP reviews,
health
reviews and then looked-after child reviews. One young …
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A summary of the reports and consultations recently released relating to foster care in England
… their carers. Alongside improvements to the provision for
care
leavers, plans to increase the numbers of children …
care
and interestingly makes more references to
foster
care
than Putting Children First ! On the same day … the House of Commons Education Committee on the mental
health
and well-being of looked after children, the reform of …
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A great success, but there's so much more to do
… will, we hope, benefit many fostered children and their
foster
carers over many years to come. However, I fully … more that could be – needs to be – done to make
foster
care
the very best it can be for fostered children and the … and expertise? Or providing consistent access to mental
health
services for looked after children? Or making sure …
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News Story
Response to the England Children's Commissioner's Stability Index
… Fostering Network said: 'The Fostering Network knows that
foster
care
has the potential to transform the lives of children and … are being cut including, crucially, access to mental
health
services. 'As well as investment within the system, we …
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Review of safeguarding and healthcare for looked after children published
… The Fostering Network welcomes the publication of the
Care
Quality Commission’s report, Not Seen, Not Heard . The … based on the
Care
Quality Commission’s (CQC) review of the
health
care
aspects of children’s services
in
England
, and
in
… their mental
health
. We have heard time and again from
foster
carers and young people, most recently
in
our Cuts: …
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A failed child: reflections on the Northern Ireland Children’s Commissioner new report
… A Formal Investigation into the Life of a Child
in
the
Care
of the State’ . The report tells the story of ‘Vicky’ who has a learning disability and mental
health
issues and for most of the last six years has been … include the failure by relevant authorities to support her
foster
carer, to understand Vicky’s views and wishes and to …
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