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Fostering Wellbeing
… What is
Fostering
Wellbeing?
Fostering
Wellbeing brings together all the professionals involved in supporting children
who
are looked after, including foster carers. It promotes … in a shared and consistent approach to meeting the
needs
of children and young people
who
are looked after …
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Coronavirus (Covid-19) - support for fostering services
… This page was last updated on 17.12.21 How The
Fostering
Network can help During this time of uncertainty … unprecedented times, and we will keep responding to the
needs
of our members via our website, helplines and staff. … and resources to support those in the social care sector
who
are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales. Visit the …
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Capacity in foster care: Sufficiency and foster carer approval
… The
Fostering
Network has a proven track record in supporting … resilience and support to meet looked after children’s
needs
is a continual challenge for local authorities and … to recommend continued suitability to foster for carers
who
do not have vacancies and/or capacity to offer
fostering
…
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Independent support services
… Delivering a service that meets your
needs
Independent support services can be provided for your … We also assist foster carers with written responses for
fostering
panels reports. Additional support, such as … contact their named advice and mediation worker directly,
who
can provide them with a broad range of support services. …
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Blog entry
Attracting and Keeping Carers - April 2013
… this year’s Foster Care Fortnight are gathering pace. The
Fostering
Network’s have been out and about, taking pictures … from North Yorkshire and beyond. New leaflet for children
who
foster, by children
who
foster Gloucestershire County … significantly, with two children moving from special
needs
education into mainstream school where they gained …
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Our work in Wales
… The
Fostering
Network in Wales has a long history of delivering … the lives of hundreds of children and young people
who
are looked after. Currently, over four-fifths of the … Another of our key roles is to promote the educational
needs
and attainment of looked after children. We have worked …
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Fostering Better Outcomes: A message to foster carers from our chief executive
… aware, last week the Westminster Government published its
Fostering
Better Outcomes report. This report laid out the … parenting. The children you are looking after need someone
who
will bend over backwards to meet their
needs
, to show them love and to help them raise and achieve …
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Attracting and Keeping Carers - July 2015
… in recruitment activity. Thank you again to everyone
who
has sent through examples of the Foster Care Fortnight … to use these to ‘make a connection’ with new audiences.
Fostering
Service Benchmark released The
Fostering
Service … people surveyed, particularly around carer respite, “She
needs
to have time to herself because she works really hard …
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Why panel members should be more self aware
… lecturer, trainer, independent adoption vice chair and
fostering
panel chair
who
believes that
fostering
and adoption panel members … professions, such as becoming a panel member. ‘Awareness
needs
to be raised about this,’ says Weekes. ‘An …
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News Story
Award Recognises Dedication of Incredible Foster Carers
… The leading foster care charity in Northern Ireland,
Fostering
Network, has awarded this year’s prestigious Foster … to inspirational couple Margaret and Jackie Mc Carragher
who
have opened their home to more than 50 children over the …
fostering
families is incalculable. Northern Ireland still
needs
an additional 200 foster carers this year to meet the …
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Fostering in Wales celebrated
… amazing work that foster carers do on Wednesday 21 May,
Fostering
in Wales Day. The special day is an opportunity to … to look after children separated from their own families,
who
have often experienced abuse or neglect. Discover what … in foster care, reflecting the diverse backgrounds and
needs
of those
who
need foster placements. “If you feel you …
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New Ofsted stats shows more foster carers leaving compared to new joiners
… year compared to the number of new joiners. The annual
Fostering
in England statistics highlight the huge pressures … risk of being placed in homes which do not meet their
needs
. We simply do not have enough
fostering
families, in … UK’s leading
fostering
charity, bringing together everyone
who
is involved in the lives of children
who
are fostered to …
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Sons and daughters campaign launches
… of foster carers is being celebrated this October by The
Fostering
Network as the charity launches its annual Sons and … sharing their home and their parents with children
who
can’t live with their birth or adoptive families. Every … living in your home, and everyone in your household
needs
to be committed to
fostering
. If you have birth or …
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Teens moved too many times around care, survey reveals
… carers from across the UK released today (1 June) by The
Fostering
Network has revealed. The survey, covering over … The findings highlight the need to find more people
who
are willing and able to foster teenagers. There is also a … 8,370 new foster carers across the UK in 2015, to meet the
needs
of the rising number of children coming into care. …
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