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Kinship care (England)
… informal arrangements between close family members private
fostering
family and friends foster care special guardianship … sometimes referred to as ‘informal arrangements’. Parents
who
make their own arrangements for the care of their child … a safe and stable family life to children and meet their
needs
for a period while assessments around parents are …
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Stability
… to help make the placement work for as long as the child
needs
. Careful matching between the child and the foster … child. The National Audit Office (NAO) report[ 3 ] stated
fostering
services in England were not being commissioned … and young people should be placed with a foster carer
who
has the skills and experience to meet their
needs
, …
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Making decisions for a child in foster care
… are likely to have a unique understanding of the child’s
needs
and preferences (likes and dislikes) and the most … share their thoughts with their supervising social worker,
who
can communicate these on the foster carer’s behalf. As … concern about a foster carer, or someone in the
fostering
household, it would not be appropriate for the …
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Fostering into the future conferences
… attend the first in our new series of annual conferences “
Fostering
into the Future”. Join us to engage in discussion … and learning with input from a number of contributors
who
will challenge our thinking, bringing fresh perspectives … our foster care provision is fit for purpose and meets the
needs
of all those children and young people
who
need it. …
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Speech, language, and communication needs
… young people in their care, in addition to their emotional
needs
. Foster carers are well placed to support and intervene … links between language and emotional development. Children
who
are securely attached have better language skills. Good … good listening! How we can help foster carers The
Fostering
Network offers advice, information, and support. …
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Better health, more stability
… and young people with high levels of need. Foster carers
who
are looking after children with the most complex
needs
shouldn’t be left to themselves when it comes to their … foster care placements that help children to thrive. All
fostering
services should offer appropriate support to their …
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Holidays and fostering
… seek clarification as to the status of the child and
who
can make decisions about holidays, and get all those … travelling to explain you are the foster carers? Does your
fostering
service provide a holiday allowance ? Will they be … member of your household? Does the accommodation meet the
needs
of your fostered child? Think about safer caring …
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Safer Caring
… Stef. The Safer Caring guidance is provided by The
Fostering
Network but each agency will have their own plan … for example? This helps a child to make sense of
who
everyone is and
who
you’re referring to. Also, you need … Stef makes the point that our privacy and intimacy
needs
to be taken into consideration in the plan.
Who
said …
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Building strong and lasting bonds
… and where change is planned and supported. For The
Fostering
Network, Mockingbird offers something which goes to … we are bringing on-board new
fostering
service partners
who
will work with us to establish the Mockingbird model … the
fostering
community to ensure it is tailored to the
needs
of our young people in the UK. I am delighted to share …
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Campaigns update May 2016 - cuts, charters and Staying Put
… is to ensure that decision makers get the full facts about
fostering
. At the moment the All Party Parliamentary Group … English local authority budgets. Thank you to everybody
who
took part: we had over 700 responses, which was … on a local level – what is working well and what
needs
to improve. We were instrumental in campaigning for …
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Fostering stocktake - an opportunity missed
… today’s publication of the Department for Education’s
fostering
stocktake report, based on a year of evidence … routinely be consulted about the adults and children
who
are important to them and, unless it is not in their … fixation on legal status rather than a child’s individual
needs
, and crucially the call to move children out of …
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Fostering Achievement Awards in Belfast - the sky’s the limit for children and young people in care
… for aiming high as they joined the Belfast HSC Trust
fostering
service and The
Fostering
Network Northern Ireland … and social achievements of children and young people
who
are in foster care. Speaking at the event, Kathleen … that you’re going to be helping a kid
who
probably really
needs
it. You could be the most positive influence they ever …
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