Wales specific https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/ en A workforce strategy for health and social care (Wales) https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/consultation-responses/workforce-strategy-health-and-social-care-wales <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--page.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:name">A workforce strategy for health and social care (Wales) </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--page.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span rel="schema:author"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Daisy Elliott</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--page.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2019-09-19T15:14:56+00:00">Thu, 09/19/2019 - 15:14</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-introduction--page.html.twig * field--node--field-introduction.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--field-introduction.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-introduction field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><em>A Healthier Wales: Our Plan for Health and Social Care</em> was published by the Welsh Government in June 2018.&nbsp;To support the delivery of more seamless models of care, Social Care Wales has been developing a long-term workforce strategy designed to understand what matters to the workforce as they deliver care.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--page.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div property="schema:text" class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The Fostering Network welcomes <a href="https://socialcare.wales/cms_assets/file-uploads/HEIW_SCW_Draft_Workforce_Strategy_for_consultation_July-Sept_2019-English-v2.pdf">the development of a long-term workforce strategy for health and social care</a>. We fully support the vision of the draft strategy and the belief set out in the foreword of the strategy that ‘<em>we need to see what we spend on our workforce as an investment not a cost</em>’.</p> <p>We believe that this long-term&nbsp;workforce strategy is a valuable opportunity to recognise foster carers as a key part of the social care workforce. As of March 2018, 4,717 children were living with foster families which is 74 per cent of the 6,407 children in care looked after away from home in Wales. We estimate that fostering services need to recruit a further 550 foster families in the next year to meet the current need in Wales. These figures demonstrate the key role foster carers play in meeting the needs of looked after children in Wales and the opportunity this strategy presents to recognise the status of foster carers in the social care workforce. It is clear when a workforce is feeling well supported and valued and has a clear workforce development path it improves the experience of the children and young people who are being cared for by the workforce.</p> <p><a class="button" href="/sites/default/files/a_healthier_wales_workforce_strategy_for_health_and_social_care_-_uploaded_to_web.pdf">Read the full response&nbsp;here</a></p> <h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>We recommend:&nbsp;</h3> <ul> <li>Foster carers must be recognised and valued as the experts who best know the children they care for; their views must always be taken into consideration.&nbsp;</li> <li>Foster carers must be given the authority to make everyday decisions on behalf of children in their care without unnecessary delays and restrictions. Although this already exists in guidance, it is still not happening with sufficient regularity.</li> <li>Foster carers and fostering services must always be given all the available information they need to help children reach their potential and keep them and those around them safe.</li> <li>Introduce a national register for foster carers to improve their status in the health and social care workforce as well as ensure greater public protection.</li> <li>The Health and Social Care Induction framework to be mandatory for foster carers. If enforced, this would install a set of shared principles among foster carers which could improve outcomes, permanence and stability within the foster care population.</li> <li>All recruitment of new foster carers should be targeted to meet needs of the current care population, based on local authority’s needs assessments. No fostering services should be recruiting foster carers for whom there is no demand. Instead local authorities and independent fostering providers should work together to make best use of the existing foster carer workforce and ensure they are recruiting the right foster families to meet the needs of the children in, and coming into, care i.e. target and match skills of carers with the needs of children.</li> <li>The Social Care Workforce should support and promote the implementation of the existing Post Approval and Development Framework for Foster Carers.</li> <li>Foster carers should have access to a range of learning and development opportunities e.g. blended, online, self-study and mentoring in addition to traditional ‘classroom’ training.</li> <li>Foster carers learning and development should be a core element of the assessment, supervision and annual review process.</li> <li> <div>Foster carers should be able to attend integrated training with other members of the ‘team around the child’ including from other sectors such as health and education. Supporting carers and professionals alike to engage with new ideas and materials and share experiences is hugely valuable as it promotes learning from each other for the benefit of the child.</div> </li> </ul> <div>Tags:</div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/tfnetwork/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/tfnetwork/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-content-topic--page.html.twig * field--node--field-content-topic.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--field-content-topic.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2002" hreflang="en">Register of foster carers</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1281" hreflang="en">Wales specific</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-members-only--page.html.twig * field--node--field-members-only.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--field-members-only.html.twig * field--boolean.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-members-only field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field--item">0</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:14:56 +0000 Daisy Elliott 11765 at https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk Fostering Wellbeing https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/fostering-wellbeing <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--page.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:name">Fostering Wellbeing</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--page.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span rel="schema:author"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">N B Lakhani</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--page.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2018-06-18T10:31:33+00:00">Mon, 06/18/2018 - 10:31</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-introduction--page.html.twig * field--node--field-introduction.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--field-introduction.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-introduction field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p style="margin-bottom:11px">Fostering Wellbeing is an innovative programme, funded by Welsh Government and delivered by The Fostering Network. The programme recognises that to improving outcome for children and young people, multi-agency working through a partnership framework across social services, health and education is essential. Fostering Wellbeing has been designed specifically for professionals working with looked after children and young people.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--page.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div property="schema:text" class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><a id="english" name="english"></a></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">What is Fostering Wellbeing?</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify">Fostering Wellbeing brings together all the professionals involved in supporting children who are looked after, including foster carers. It promotes equality of status for everyone involved in the ‘team around the child’. Fostering Wellbeing encourages professionals to work together, with a focus on improving wellbeing outcomes for children and young people. It creates a shared language for professionals, bringing people together and sharing best practice across service boundaries with an aim to embed a shared approach<br /> Fostering Wellbeing aims to improve the wellbeing and educational outcomes for care experienced children in Wales. It is designed for professionals working with children who are looked after. Specifically, the programme aims to:<br /> •&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Identify and share the core values and principles which help children and young people who are looked after to thrive<br /> •&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Develop skills and competencies in common which help equip children and young people who are looked after to fulfil their potential&nbsp;<br /> •&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Become confident in a shared and consistent approach to meeting the needs of children and young people who are looked after which, in turn, will fire ambition and help them find success&nbsp;<br /> •&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Be active advocates for the children and young people for whom they have a responsibility, be it individual or corporate.&nbsp;<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align:justify; margin-bottom:11px">View the programme update in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-01/Fostering%20Wellbeing%20programme%20update%202019-23.pdf">English</a>&nbsp;and in<a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-01/22-23555%20Fostering%20Wellbeing%20Report_WELSH_DIGITAL.pdf"> Welsh</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align:justify; margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align:justify; margin-bottom:11px">The programme aims to embed a shared approach across the regions of Wales by bringing people together and sharing best practices across service boundaries. The core programme elements are:</p> <dl class="ckeditor-accordion"> <dt><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black">Masterclass</span></span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black"> Programme:</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></dt> <dd> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black">Fostering Wellbeing offers 5 core masterclasses, delivered online to cohorts from all roles within the Team around the Child. The objective of each masterclass is to enable foster carers and other professionals to gain the skills and confidence needed to help inspire children and young people to fulfil their potential through a one team approach.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </dd> <dt><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black">Fostering Wellbeing Pioneers:&nbsp;</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></dt> <dd> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black">We will work in partnership with local teams to recruit foster carers as ‘pioneers’. They will be experienced foster carers who in addition to the skills and experience they will bring to the role will receive training and support to help them cascade learning within their service</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </dd> <dt><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black">Evidence and Impact:</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></dt> <dd> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black">We have worked with CASCADE at Cardiff University who have conducted an independent evaluation of Fostering Wellbeing.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-01/Evaluation%20of%20Fostering%20Wellbeing.pdf">Fostering&nbsp;Wellbeing Evaluation</a></p> </dd> </dl> <p style="margin-bottom:16px; text-align:justify">&nbsp;</p> <p>Fostering Wellbeing is one of a number of <a href="https://www.fostering.net/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes">innovative programmes</a> that The Fostering Network runs to improve foster care and outcomes for fostered young people.</p> <p>For more information about Fostering Wellbeing email<font color="#004000">&nbsp;<a href="mailto:wales@fostering.net">wales@fostering.net</a>&nbsp;</font>or ring 02920 440940.</p> <p>For media enquiries email The Fostering Network’s <a href="mailto:media@fostering.net">media team</a> or ring 020 7620 6441.</p> <h2>&nbsp;</h2> <h2><strong>________________________________________________________________________</strong><br /> Maethu Lles</h2> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Mae Maethu Lles yn rhaglen arloesol, a ariannir gan Lywodraeth Cymru ac a gyflenwir gan Y Rhwydwaith Maethu.&nbsp; Mae’r rhaglen yn cydnabod mai er mwyn gwella deilliannau i blant a phobl ifanc, bod gweithio amlasiantaethol drwy fframwaith partneriaeth ledled gwasanaethau cymdeithasol, iechyd ac addysg yn hanfodol.&nbsp; Cynlluniwyd Maethu Lles yn benodol ar gyfer gweithwyr proffesiynol sy’n gweithio â phlant a phobl ifanc sy’n derbyn gofal.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Beth yw Maethu Lles?</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black">Daw Maethu Lles â’r holl weithwyr proffesiynol ynghyd sy’n gysylltiedig â chynorthwyo plant sy’n derbyn gofal, yn cynnwys gofalwyr maeth. &nbsp;Mae’n hyrwyddo cydraddoldeb statws i bawb sy’n gysylltiedig â’r ‘tîm o amgylch y plentyn’. &nbsp;Mae Maethu Lles yn annog gweithwyr proffesiynol i gydweithio, gan ganolbwyntio ar wella deilliannau lles i blant a phobl ifanc. &nbsp;Mae’n creu iaith a rannir ar gyfer gweithwyr proffesiynol, gan ddod â phobl ynghyd a rhannu ymarfer gorau ledled ffiniau gwasanaethau, gyda’r nod o wreiddio ymagwedd a rannir. &nbsp;<br /> Amcanion Maethu Lles&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Nod Maethu Lles yw gwella deilliannau lles ac addysgol i blant sy’n cael profiad gofal yng Nghymru. &nbsp;Fe’i cynlluniwyd gan weithwyr proffesiynol sy’n gweithio â phlant sy’n derbyn gofal. &nbsp;Yn benodol, nod y rhaglen yw:</span></span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:16px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Nodi a rhannu’r gwerthoedd a’r egwyddorion craidd sy’n helpu plant a phobl ifanc sy’n derbyn gofal i ffynnu;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:16px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Datblygu sgiliau a chymwyseddau yn gyffredin sy’n helpu i gyfarparu plant a phobl ifanc sy’n derbyn gofal i wireddu’u potensial;</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:16px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Dod yn hyderus mewn ymagwedd ar y cyd a chyson tuag at ddiwallu anghenion plant a phobl ifanc sy’n derbyn gofal, fydd, yn ei dro, yn tanio uchelgais ac yn eu helpu i ganfod llwyddiant;</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-top:16px; margin-bottom:16px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Bod yn eiriolwyr gweithgar dros y plant a’r bobl ifanc y mae ganddynt gyfrifoldeb drostynt, boed hynny’n unigol neu’n gorfforaethol.</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black">Nod y rhaglen yw gwreiddio ymagwedd gyffredin ledled rhanbarthau Cymru drwy ddod â phobl ynghyd a rhannu arferion gorau ar draws ffiniau gwasanaethau. &nbsp;Elfennau craidd y rhaglen yw:</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <dl class="ckeditor-accordion"> <dt><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black">Rhaglen Dosbarth Meistr:</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></dt> <dd> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black">Mae Maethu Lles yn cynnig 5 dosbarth meistr craidd, a gyflenwir ar-lein i garfanau o bob rôl yn y Tîm o amgylch y Plentyn.&nbsp; Amcan pob dosbarth meistr yw galluogi gofalwyr maeth a gweithwyr proffesiynol eraill i ennill y sgiliau a’r hyder sydd eu hangen i helpu i ysbrydoli plant a phobl ifanc i wireddu’u potensial drwy ymagwedd ‘un tîm’.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </dd> <dt><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black">Arloeswyr Maethu Lles:</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></dt> <dd> <p style="margin-bottom:16px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black">&nbsp;</span></span></b><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black">Byddwn yn gweithio mewn partneriaeth â thimau lleol i recriwtio gofalwyr maeth fel ‘arloeswyr’. &nbsp;Byddant yn ofalwyr maeth profiadol fydd, yn ychwanegol at y sgiliau a’r profiad a ddônt i’r rôl, yn derbyn hyfforddiant a chefnogaeth i’w helpu i raeadru dysg o fewn eu gwasanaeth.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </dd> <dt><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black">Tystiolaeth ac Effaith:</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></dt> <dd> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:11.5pt"><span style="color:black">Rydym wedi gweithio â CASCADE (Canolfan Ymchwil a Datblygu Gofal Cymdeithasol Plant) ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, a gynhaliodd werthusiad annibynnol o Maethu Lles.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-01/Gwerthuso%20Maethu%20Lles_1.pdf">Gwerthuso Maethu Lles</a></p> </dd> </dl> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify">Mae Maethu Lles yn un o nifer o <a href="https://www.fostering.net/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes">raglenni arloesol</a> y mae’r Rhwydwaith Maethu’n ei chynnal i wella gofal maeth a chanlyniadau i bobl ifanc wedi’u maethu.&nbsp;</p> <p>I gael mwy o wybodaeth am Maethu Lles, anfonwch e-bost at<font color="#004000">&nbsp;<a href="mailto:wales@fostering.net">wales@fostering.net</a></font>&nbsp;neu ffoniwch 02920 440940.</p> <p>Ar gyfer ymholiadau gan y cyfryngau, anfonwch e-bost at <a href="mailto:media@fostering.net">dîm cyfryngau</a>’r Rhwydwaith Maethu neu ffoniwch 020 7620 6441.</p> <p>Tags:</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/tfnetwork/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/tfnetwork/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-content-topic--page.html.twig * field--node--field-content-topic.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--field-content-topic.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1281" hreflang="en">Wales specific</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1349" hreflang="en">social pedagogy</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-members-only--page.html.twig * field--node--field-members-only.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--field-members-only.html.twig * field--boolean.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-members-only field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field--item">0</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:31:33 +0000 N B Lakhani 11337 at https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk Fostering Excellence Masterclasses https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/fostering-excellence/fostering-excellence-masterclasses <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--page.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:name">Fostering Excellence Masterclasses </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--page.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span rel="schema:author"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Charlotte Wooders</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--page.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2017-10-13T12:44:00+00:00">Fri, 10/13/2017 - 12:44</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--page.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div property="schema:text" class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Year 1 (2016 - 2017) masterclasses focused on the theme of building resilience and understanding attachment.</p> <p>Developed for foster carers, social workers, and designated teachers, the&nbsp;masterclasses delivered&nbsp;further learning on attachment theory, explaining how and why insecure attachments can impact learning, and how teachers and schools can support vulnerable learners and build resilience by being attachment aware.</p> <p>The presentations delivered on the day can be found at the below links:</p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/buildingrelationshipsthroughstorytelling.pdf">Building Relationships through Storytelling</a></p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/improvingtheeducationalexperiencesofchildrenandyoungpeoplewhoarelookedafter-cascade.pdf">Improving the Educational&nbsp;Experiences of Children and Young People who are Looked After - CASCADE</a></p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/speechlanguageandcommunicationawareness.pdf">Speech, Language and Communication Awareness</a></p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/theimpactofattachmentandtraumaonlearning.pdf">The Impact of Attachment and Trauma on Learning</a></p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/howearlyattachmentunderliesbehaviourandlearning.pdf">How early Attachment underlies Behaviour and Learning</a></p> <p>Year 2 (2017 - 2018) masterclasses covered the following topics:</p> <ul> <li>Inspiring and supporting children and young people in care and care leavers to higher education</li> <li>Building resilience and supporting the mental health needs of looked after children&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:.0001pt">Year 3 (2018 - 2019) masterclasses covered the following topics:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Building a good relationship with your foster childs school</li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Speech, language and communication&nbsp;</li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Therapeutic play</li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Secure Base&nbsp;</li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Supporting young people in care with anxiety disorder&nbsp;</li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Addressing adversity: Trauma and adverse childhood experiences</li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">What happends after graduation? Preparing and supporitng young people in care and care leavers for life after university&nbsp;</li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Life Journey Work&nbsp;</li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> <div>Unlocking speech, langauge and communication<br /> <br /> &nbsp;</div> </li> </ul> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Tags:</div> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/tfnetwork/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/tfnetwork/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-content-topic--page.html.twig * field--node--field-content-topic.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--field-content-topic.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1133" hreflang="en">attachment</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1696" hreflang="en">fostering excellence awards</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1281" hreflang="en">Wales specific</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-members-only--page.html.twig * field--node--field-members-only.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--field-members-only.html.twig * field--boolean.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-members-only field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field--item">0</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Fri, 13 Oct 2017 12:44:00 +0000 Charlotte Wooders 10990 at https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk Fosterline Wales factsheets and briefing papers https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/advice-information/advice/fostering-network-helplines/fosterline-wales-factsheets <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--page.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:name">Fosterline Wales factsheets and briefing papers</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--page.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span rel="schema:author"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Daniel.Sinclairtfn</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--page.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2017-07-21T11:22:16+00:00">Fri, 07/21/2017 - 11:22</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-introduction--page.html.twig * field--node--field-introduction.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--field-introduction.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-introduction field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>As part of our Fostering Communities programme in Wales, we aim to build on the success of the Fosterline Wales advice line by developing accessible digital resources which will increase the provision of information, advice and support. As part of this support, we will produce a series of briefing papers and factsheets for the fostering community in Wales which will complement the current advice line and will cover a range of relevant and useful topics.</p> <p>Fosterline Wales is run by The Fostering Network in Wales and funded by the Welsh Government. It is an independent and confidential advice line for the public on all matters related to fostering. You can call Fosterline Wales on 0800 316 7664 from 9.30am - 12.30pm Monday to Friday. Or alternatively you email us on <a href="mailto:fosterlinewales@fostering.net">fosterlinewales@fostering.net</a><br /> &nbsp;</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--page.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div property="schema:text" class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><dl class="ckeditor-accordion"> <dt>The protocol is supported by The Association of Directors of Social Services (ADSS) Cymru and All Wales Heads of Children’s Services (AWHoCS).</dt> <dd> <p>The national approach to advocacy for children and young people in Wales, known to Children’s Services departments, was introduced as working practice as of July 2017. The national approach model places a duty on Children’s Services staff to ensure all children and young people who became looked after, post 1 July 2017, and become part of child protection procedures, are receiving a service via a care and support plan.</p> <p>This factsheet defines what advocacy is and why it's important; what the 'active offer' is and the expected outcomes; and who the advocacy providers in Wales are:&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/advocacyfactsheet-fosteringservicesmabv1amendejan2018.pdf">English&nbsp;</a></p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/advocacyupdatedjan2018welsh.pdf">Cymraeg</a>&nbsp;</p> </dd> <dt>Advanced Attachment&nbsp;</dt> <dd> <p>There are various definitions of 'advanced attachment'. In this paper it is used to mean linking theory of attachment to the practice of caring for children. This link, between theory and practice, is essential to care for those who have experienced traumatic events, such as being separated from birth parents.&nbsp;</p> <p>This briefing paper aims to revisit the basics of attachment theory, look at its importance to the fostering task, explore the concept of blocked care, highlight why self-care is so vital and provide practical strategies grounded in attuned and responsive connections between you and the child in your care.&nbsp;</p> <p>Read and download the briefing paper in <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-12/Briefing%20paper%20-%20Advanced%20Attachment.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-12/WELSH%20Briefing%20paper%20-%20Advanced%20Attachment.pdf">Welsh</a>.&nbsp;</p> </dd> <dt>Advocacy and young people</dt> <dd> <p>Foster carers have an essential role to play in enabling the voice of the child or young person to be heard. Advocacy empowers children to know their rights, to be represented and to participate in decisions about their own lives.&nbsp;</p> <p>This factsheet outlines what advocacy for children and young people is&nbsp;and the importance of your role as foster carers to enable the child OR young person’s voice to be heard.</p> <p>Download the&nbsp;factsheet:</p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/advocacyandyoungpeoplefactsheet-englishupdatedsept19.pdf">English</a></p> </dd> <dt>Alcohol</dt> <dd> <p>Alcohol plays a part in many family and social situations in the UK. For some people, alcohol is a relatively harmless part of social life. For some, alcohol causes harm to them, or may lead to them harming others. Harm could be a consequence of long term drinking patterns, or risky behaviour when drinking. For others, alcohol forms no part of their life for cultural, religious or personal reasons. Many fostered children and young people have been harmed by other people’s drinking and may be at greater risk of misusing alcohol themselves. Foster carers need to be aware of their own drinking consumption and any underlying patterns, as well as how alcohol may affect those they foster.</p> <p>Download the factsheet:</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/alcoholfactsheetupdatedsept2019.pdf">English</a>&nbsp;</p> </dd> <dt>Allegations</dt> <dd> <p>Facing an allegation of abuse or neglect is something that some foster carers will, unfortunately, experience during their fostering career. Our <a href="/policy-practice/practice-information/our-research">State of the Nation 2016</a> report showed that a third of the carers surveyed had received an allegation. This is inevitably a distressing time for everyone involved.</p> <p>This factsheet explains what an allegation is, what happens if you are subject to an allegation, and how to protect everyone in our household.</p> <p>Download the factsheet:</p> <p><a href="https://thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-08/FLW%20Allegations%20Factsheet%20%28Aug%202021%29.pdf">English</a></p> </dd> <dt>Building resilience&nbsp;</dt> <dd> <p>Without intervention, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can affect a person for life. Adults who experienced four or more ACEs as children are at higher risk of poor mental and physical health, and worse outcomes in general. Many fostered children in Wales have experienced four or more ACEs. The children who recover best from adversity are those with high levels of resilience.</p> <p>This factsheet explains more about resilience, and where you can learn practical ways to boost a child’s resilience:</p> <p><a href="https://thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-05/Building%20Resilience%20UPDATED%20May2021.pdf">English</a></p> </dd> <dt>Care leavers - accommodation and support</dt> <dd> <p>As foster carers you may be starting to embark on supporting young people as their Pathway Plans are being developed. This factsheet will give your more information about leaving care. This factsheet summarises the housing responsibilities, in regards to care leavers, of various agencies in Wales. There is a multi-agency framework for shared responsibility amongst public bodies, that recognises the continued vulnerability of many young people beyond the age of 18. &nbsp;</p> <p>Download the factsheet:</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/careleavers-accommandsupport.pdf">English</a></p> </dd> <dt>Contact</dt> <dd> <p>Most children in foster care will have some degree of relationship with their birth family, even if they do not return home. This factsheet helps you prepare for your vital role in managing contact.</p> <p>Download the factsheet:</p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/contactfactsheet-englishupdatedsept2019.pdf">English</a></p> </dd> <dt>Co-production</dt> <dd> <p>This guide aims to support managers and social care practitioners in the further implementation of the 2014 Act, in putting co-production at the heart of practice, alongside the young people looked after.</p> <p>It focuses on:</p> Co-production within the children looked after review process. It is hope that this might encourage Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs), managers, practitioners and foster carers to pilot co-production as part of the review process, before rolling it out across other areas of their work and practice. Providing a simple traffic light assessment tool to enable practitioners and young people to assess how well they are co-producing together. <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Read and download the self assessment tool here:<br /> <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-07/SelfAssessment%28E%29Write.pdf">English</a>&nbsp;<br /> <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-07/SelfAssessment%28W%29Write.pdf">Welsh</a></p> <p>The guide will be relevant to all foster carers, IRO's, managers and practitioners who support young people who are looked after, and those involved in promoting young people's participation in all services which have an impact on their lives and their families.</p> <p>Download the guide here:<br /> <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-07/Putting%20co-production%20into%20practice%20with%20young%20people-%20Children%20Looked%20After%20Reviews.pdf">English</a>&nbsp;<br /> <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-07/WELSH%20Putting%20co-production%20into%20practice%20with%20young%20people-%20Children%20Looked%20After%20Reviews%20.pdf">Welsh</a></p> </dd> <dt>Data protection</dt> <dd> <p>Keeping clear and accurate records is a key part of a foster carer’s job. Storing that information safely and securely is essential. These days, a lot of information is stored and sent electronically, quick and convenient but there are pitfalls.</p> <p>This factsheet helps you understand your responsibilities in respect of keeping and sending confidential information.</p> <p>Download the Data Protection factsheet:</p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/dataprotectionfactsheetupdated14julydsjc.pdf">English</a></p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/dataprotectionfactsheet-welshupdated21august.pdf">Cymraeg</a></p> </dd> <dt>Exploring teenage anxiety, depression, self harm and eating disorders and an introduction to mental health first aid&nbsp;</dt> <dd> <p>For many foster carers, the idea of supporting or intervening in a young person's mental health issue can be a challenging prospect, as there may be the worry of saying the wrong thing and making matters worse. However, with the right strategies you can approach those difficult conversations or situations and help support the young person.&nbsp;</p> <p>This briefing paper will provide a short introduction exploring anxiety, depression, self-harm and eating disorders in teenagers, as well an introduction to mental health first aid. This includes tips on how to recognise the signs of mental health issues in teenagers and how you can support young people in care to manage and look after their wellbeing and mental health.&nbsp;</p> <div><font face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Read and download the briefing paper in <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/FLW%20Briefing%20paper%20-%20Exploring%20teenage%20anxiety%20depression%20self-harm%20and%20eating%20disorders%20and%20an%20introduction%20to%20mental%20health%20first%20aid%20.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/FLW%20Briefing%20paper%20-%20Exploring%20teenage%20anxiety%20depression%20self-harm%20and%20eating%20disorders%20and%20an%20introduction%20WELSH.pdf">Welsh</a>.&nbsp;</font></div> </dd> <dt>Fostering a child with a disability&nbsp;</dt> <dd> <p>All looked after children face potential barriers to achieving their potential. A disabled looked after child faces a double set of barriers. For them to succeed, their foster carer needs to use assertive communication and advocacy skills to speak up for them and make sure their legal rights are understood and enforced.</p> <p>This factsheet explains legal definitions and the social mobility of disability;&nbsp;why disabled children need fostering; the role of the foster carer and how to best engage with the child or young person's education:</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/fosteringadisabledchildfactsheetupdatedsept19.pdf">English&nbsp;</a></p> </dd> <dt>Fostering and Tax&nbsp;</dt> <dd> <p>Many foster carers find it challenging and confusing to understand how fostering affects their tax and National Insurance contributions; and queries about tax is one of the most common reasons why foster carers contact <a href="http://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/advice-information/advice/fostering-network-helplines">Fosterline Wales</a>. Therefore, we have developed this briefing paper specifically for foster carers to help them better understand what it means for them and their finances.</p> <p>Read and download the briefing paper in <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-12/TFN%28Wales%29Tax%20and%20Fostering%20info%20sheet%202021_ENGLISH.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-11/TFN%28Wales%29Tax%20and%20Fostering%20info%20sheet%202021_WELSH.pdf">Welsh</a>.</p> </dd> <dt>Fostering in a digital world</dt> <dd> <p>This factsheet provides a short introduction to internet and technology use for children and young people. It provides some practical advice on things to think about when applying this knowledge to children and young people who are fostered. It is aimed at helping foster carers to develop strategies for supporting safe and appropriate internet and technology use, by highlighting some key advice and issues to be aware of.&nbsp;</p> <p>Download the factsheet:</p> <p><a href="https://thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-05/Fostering%20in%20a%20digital%20world%20May%202021.pdf">English</a></p> </dd> <dt>Fostering unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people</dt> <dd> <p>Children or young people who arrive in the UK seeking refugee status without their parents or carers usually come into the care of the local authority when they are first identified. As looked after children they are often placed in foster or residential care, unless a suitable family member or guardian can be identified to care for them.</p> <p>These children and young people usually have complex legal, emotional, educational, faith, language, family relations, and practical needs.</p> <p>This factsheet provides a&nbsp;definition of an unaccompanied asylum seeking child; the role of the government and local authority; the issue of trafficking and exploitation; and tips and support for foster carers:</p> <p><a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-03/UPDATED_UASC%20factsheet%20March%202022.pdf">English</a>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-03/UPDATED_UASC%20factsheet%20March%202022%20WELSH.pdf">Cymraeg</a></p> </dd> <dt>The internet and the law: supporting care experienced children and young people online</dt> <dd> <p>This factsheet has been developed in partnership with the <a href="https://childrenslegalcentre.wales/">Children's Legal Centre Wales</a>. It will provide foster carers with an overview of the rights of children and young people when they are using the internet and what the law says about being online. We know that the online world is an exciting place for children and young people, full of positive opportunities. Therefore, with the right advice and support, children and young people and their foster carers can make informed decisions about what they do online.&nbsp;</p> <p>Read and download the factsheet in <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-11/FLW%20Factsheet%20-%20Young%20people%2C%20internet%20and%20the%20law%20FINAL.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-11/FLW%20Factsheet%20-%20Young%20people%2C%20internet%20and%20the%20law%20FINAL%20%28Welsh%29.pdf">Welsh</a>.&nbsp;</p> </dd> <dt>Keeping in Contact via Zoom and Microsoft Teams</dt> <dd> <p>During the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, along with other live video chat services, are proving hugely significant in allowing users to continue to connect with people outside their home. There are many positive aspects to using services like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, especially during lockdown and times of social distancing, such as the ability to connect for work and social interactions which has been invaluable for both adults and children.</p> <p>These briefing papers will provide a short overview of each communication platform. It will explain how to use them, the benefits of being able to keep in touch in this way, the safeguarding issues that need to be addressed, along with all the security measures that can be utilised to ensure safety is paramount.&nbsp;</p> <p><font color="#004000">Read and download the Zoom briefing paper in <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/FLW%20briefing%20paper%20-%20Zoom%20user%20guide%20%28English%29.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/FLW%20briefing%20paper%20-%20Zoom%20user%20guide%20%28Welsh%29.pdf">Welsh</a>.&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#004000">Read and download the Microsoft Teams briefing paper in <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/Briefing%20paper%20-%20Keeping%20in%20contact%20via%20Microsoft%20Teams.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/Briefing%20paper%20-%20Keeping%20in%20contact%20via%20Microsoft%20Teams%20%28Welsh%29.pdf">Welsh</a>.&nbsp;</font></p> </dd> <dt>Leaving care</dt> <dd> <p>By law, fostered young people leave care some time between their 16th and 18th birthdays. Planning for those in longer term care starts from age 14. Leaving care does not have to mean moving out. Young people now have the option of staying with their foster carers under When I Am Ready (Staying Put in England) or Shared Lives, as supported lodging or as a private arrangement. If they move out, it can be to their own accommodation, a hostel or back to their own family.</p> <p>Download the&nbsp;factsheet:</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/leavingcarefactsheetupdatedseptember2019.pdf">English</a></p> </dd> <dt>LGBT foster carers&nbsp;</dt> <dd> <p>Diversity of gender and sexuality should be an accepted part of everyday life and in many ways, it is best to avoid giving them too much prominence within fostering. However, unfortunately, there are still myths, prejudice, and discrimination in Wales, and this can impact on LGBT foster carers’ work.</p> <p>This means a factsheet is needed to help protect against discrimination, make people aware of their rights and suggest resources for anyone involved in foster care who wants more information, support or advice about LGBT foster carers:</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/lgbtfostercarers.pdf">English&nbsp;</a></p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/lgbtfostercarerswelsh.pdf">Cymraeg</a></p> </dd> <dt>Managing online gaming and digital safety for young people in care</dt> <dd> <p>Gaming is increasingly popular with young people, resulting in them spending large amounts of their leisure time on games consoles and online gaming platforms, partly because it is immersive and provides freedom that young people might not otherwise feel they have. It also provides social interaction, is creative and it is, of course, fun!</p> <div>This briefing paper will focus on helping foster carers be better able to devise strategies that enable the young people in their care to have all the benefits possible from online gaming consoles, tablets and mobile phones while, at the same time, managing the potential risks they pose.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <p>Read and download the briefing paper in <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/FLW%20Briefing%20Paper%20-%20Managing%20online%20gaming%20and%20digital%20safety%20for%20young%20people.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/FLW%20Briefing%20Paper%20-%20Managing%20online%20gaming%20and%20digital%20safety%20for%20young%20people%20WELSH.pdf">Welsh</a>.</p> </dd> <dt>Men who foster&nbsp;</dt> <dd> <p>Male foster carers may be the first positive male role model that a child has met. Living with male foster carers gives looked after children the chance to explore how to form trusting relationships with men and to have contact with men who understand their needs.</p> <p>It is vital that these children grow up with positive images of men being fun, creative, nurturing and, above all, safe in a domestic setting. Male foster carers have an important role to play within the fostering assignment.</p> <p>This factsheet explores how male foster carers can be positive role models; the gendered roles and equality issues that male foster carers may face; how to think about safer carer issues and general tips and advice for men whom foster:&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/menwhofosterupdateddecember2017.pdf">English</a></p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/menwhofosterwelsh.pdf">Cymraeg</a></p> </dd> <dt>Pathway Planning</dt> <dd> <p>This guide aims to support managers and social care practitioners in the further implementation of the 2014 Act, in putting co-production at the heart of practice, alongside the young people who are looked after.</p> <p>The guide focuses on:</p> <ul> <li>Pathway plans. It is hoped that this might encourage independent reviewing officers (IROs), managers, social workers, personal advisors and foster carers to pilot co-production as part of the pathway planning process, before rolling it out across other areas of their work and practice.</li> <li>A simple traffic light assessment tool to enable practitioners and young people to assess how well they are co-producing together.</li> </ul> <p>The guide will be relevant to all foster carers, independent reviewing officers (IROs), managers and practitioners who support young people who are looked after, and those involved in promoting young people's participation in all services which have an impact on their lives and their families.</p> <p>Read the guide here:</p> <p><a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-07/Putting%20co-production%20into%20practice%20with%20young%20people%20-%20A%20guide%20for%20services%20re%20Pathway%20Planning.pdf">English</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-07/Putting%20co-production%20into%20practice%20with%20young%20people%20-%20A%20guide%20for%20services%20re%20Pathway%20Planning%20WELSH.pdf">Welsh</a></p> </dd> <dt>The mental health of looked after children&nbsp;</dt> <dd> <p>Mental health is important for all children and young people. Children who are looked after are five times more likely than other children&nbsp;to experience mental health problems and mental illness.&nbsp;</p> <p>Foster carers play a vital role in supporting or improving their mental health. This includes supporting a child to access and use mental health services and learning how best to support the child themselves.</p> <p>This factsheet explains what mental health is; how to support a child's mental well being; the challenges that arise; how to best navigate mental health services; and advice and tips on how to best support a child or young person with mental health needs:</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/mentalhealthupdatedjanuary2018.pdf">English</a>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/mentalhealthwelsh.pdf">Cymraeg</a></p> </dd> <dt>Pathway Plans</dt> <dd> <p>A pathway plan is the key plan which sets out the needs of young people who are looked after from the ages of 16. It also identifies the actions to be taken and resources to be put in place to support young people as they prepare for leaving care.&nbsp;</p> <p>The pathway plan provides young people with clarity and reassurance about their rights as care leavers, how their future needs will be met in preparing for any transitions they will make, and who will provide the support they need.&nbsp;</p> <p>This briefing paper will detail what a pathway plan should include, who should be involved, how to complete it, how often is should be reviewed and top tips for young people, foster carers and practitioners.&nbsp;</p> <p>Read the briefing paper in <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-03/FLW%20briefing%20paper%20-%20Pathway%20Plans%20FINAL.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-03/FLW%20briefing%20paper%20-%20Pathway%20Plans%20FINAL%20%28WELSH%29.pdf">Welsh</a>.&nbsp;</p> </dd> <dt>Panel</dt> <dd> <p>The fostering panel plays a significant and recurring part in your fostering career. This factsheet covers its role in the approval process.</p> <p>Download the factsheet:</p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/panelfactsheetupdated14julydsjc.pdf">English</a></p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/panelfactsheet-welshupdated21august.pdf">Cymraeg</a></p> </dd> <dt>Pets</dt> <dd> <p>Pets are part of family life and, therefore, part of fostering. Having pets does not prevent you from fostering, in fact, they can be an asset to a foster family. However, every animal is different and your pets will be assessed as part of the process of becoming a foster carer, and indeed any ongoing assessment, taking into account factors&nbsp;such as their temperament and behaviour.</p> <p>As pets are not mentioned in the fostering regulations or National Minimum Standards for Wales, this factsheet provides guidelines to consider if you have a pet or are thinking of getting one.</p> <p>Download the factsheet:</p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/petsfactsheetseptember2019.pdf">English</a></p> </dd> <dt>Parent and child placements</dt> <dd> <p>A parent and child placement is a specialist fostering arrangement where a parent and their baby or young child are placed together with a fostering family. This type of fostering can be enormously rewarding for foster carers who support and mentor new parents, at the same time as ensuring the safety of the child.&nbsp;</p> <p>This briefing paper will provide an overview to the different types of placements, training and support for foster carers, roles and responsibilities, welfare benefits and moving on the parent and child.&nbsp;</p> <p>Read and download the briefing paper in <a href="http://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-09/NEW.Parent%20and%20Child%20Placements%20FINAL%20English%20Aug%202021.pdf">English</a> and <a href="http://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-09/NEW.Parent%20and%20Child%20Placements%20FINAL%20Welsh%20Aug%202021.pdf">Welsh</a>.&nbsp;</p> </dd> <dt>Relationship-based play</dt> <dd> <p>Children usually enter foster care following disruption in their caregiver-child relationship, and the quality of the interactions that children have experienced with their birth parents can vary considerably. Relationship-based play can be a powerful tool for foster carers, as it can strengthen relationships and offer children a platform to communicate. &nbsp;</p> <p>Download the factsheet:</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/relationship-basedplay.pdf">English</a></p> </dd> <dt>Religion and foster care</dt> <dd> <p>Religion and belief systems play a significant, often central, role in many people’s lives. They have the potential for promoting resilience and providing an extensive support network, but there is also the possibility that they can cause tension within fostering. As a foster carer, an important thing to remember, when your religious beliefs might clash with a foster child’s, is that they have a right to choose their own religion. Or, if they are younger, their biological parents have the right to decide for them. You may not always agree, but accepting your beliefs are different and being accommodating is key to maintaining a good fostering relationship.</p> <p>Download the factsheet:</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/religionfactsheet.pdf">English</a></p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/religionfactsheetwelsh.pdf">Cymraeg</a></p> </dd> <dt>Role of the IRO</dt> <dd> <p>Every fostered child or young person must, by law, have a named independent reviewing officer (IRO) who, where appropriate, meets with them privately before reviews and chairs their placement review meetings. This role was strengthened in April 2016 through the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, and IROs were given new powers to check and challenge the local authority’s work. They are ‘independent’ in the sense that they are not the child’s social worker, or line managed by the same person as the children’s teams. Most, however, are employed by the local authority that placed the child or young person.</p> <p>Download the Role of the IRO factsheet:</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/roleoftheirofactsheet.pdf">English</a></p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/roleoftheirofactsheetwelsh.pdf">Cymraeg</a></p> </dd> <dt>Saying goodbye</dt> <dd> <p>Saying goodbye is something that every foster carer has to face at some point in their fostering career. You will experience a range of emotions. Sadness to see them go may be mixed with the pleasure of seeing them move forward in their life.</p> <p>This factsheet looks at good practice and the emotional impact on you and your family.</p> <p>Download the&nbsp;factsheet:</p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/sayinggoodbyefactsheetseptember2019.pdf">English</a></p> </dd> <dt>School attendance</dt> <dd> <p>It is a legal requirement that children and young people attend school regularly and on time. Time out of the classroom can mean they miss important lessons, even ten minutes can mean they miss the introduction to an activity and so don’t know what to do.</p> <p>Poor school attendance can often lead to children and young people failing to take advantage of opportunities in later life.</p> <p>Download the&nbsp;factsheet:</p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/attendanceandpunctualityseptember2019.pdf">English</a></p> </dd> <dt>Secure Base</dt> <dd> <p>Adolescents who have the benefit of a secure base are more likely to be able to develop security, confidence, competence and resilience. The relationship with one or more caregivers, who offer a reliable base from which to explore the world and a safe haven for reassurance when there are challenges in their life, is very important to the young person. Establishing this relationship can be challenging, as it is heavily linked to attachment theory and the adolescent’s secure base.&nbsp;</p> <p>Download the&nbsp;factsheet:</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/securebasefactsheet.pdf">English</a></p> </dd> <dt>Self-care for foster carers</dt> <dd> <p>This paper will provide a short overview of the important, but often overlooked need for self-care amongst foster carers. Foster carers lead busy lives and it can often feel there is not enough time in the day, but self care is vital. Living with and meeting the needs of children with adverse experiences is very demanding. Becoming a therapeutic parent and behaviour detective is not easy and, so often, the foster carers response is to try harder, to give more, and to think of their own wellbeing needs as a luxury they simply don't have time for.&nbsp;</p> <p>Read the paper here in <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-04/Self%20Care%20for%20Foster%20Carers%20paper%20FINAL.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-04/Self%20Care%20for%20Foster%20Carers%20paper%20WELSH%20FINAL.pdf">Welsh</a>.&nbsp;</p> </dd> <dt>Special Guardianship Orders (Wales)</dt> <dd> <p>A Special Guardianship Order is a court order appointing a person or persons to be a child's special guardian until they reach adulthood at aged 18. An SGO retains the child's basic legal link with their birth parents but limits their parental responsibility. In addition, relatives who are kinship foster carers may want to offer more stability to the child.&nbsp;</p> <p>This factsheet will provide a brief overview of the Special Guardianship Order (SGO) for foster carers who are thinking about becoming a Special Guardian and its regulations in Wales.</p> <p>Please note - the law, regulations and guidance in Wales differs to the law applicable in the other nations of the UK.</p> <p><font face="&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Read and download the factsheet in <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-05/FLW%20SGO%20factsheet%20ENGLISH%20May%202021.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-05/FLW%20SGO%20factsheet%20WELSH%20May%202021.pdf">Welsh</a>.&nbsp;</font></p> </dd> <dt>St David's Day Fund</dt> <dd> <p>The St David’s Day fund was set up by the Welsh Government in 2017 and was specifically for children who have experienced care. The fund is to support young people who are, or have been, in local authority care to access opportunities that will lead them towards independent and successful lives. Foster carers can guide and help the children and young people in their care to find out exactly what the fund could help them with.</p> <p>Download the factsheet:</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/stdavidsdayfundfactsheet.pdf">English</a></p> </dd> <dt>The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014</dt> <dd> <p>The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 provides the legal framework for improving the wellbeing of people who need care and support, their carers, and<br /> for transforming social services in Wales. Part 6 of the Act specifically covers looked&nbsp;after children and care leavers and replaces much of the Children Act 1989. The Code of Practice for Part 6&nbsp;explains what the Act means for local authorities, fostering agencies and other agencies, such as health. The Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2003 will apply, until the 2019 Regulations are published by Welsh Government.</p> <p>Download the&nbsp;factsheet:</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/socialserviceswellbeingactfactsheetseptember2019.pdf">English</a></p> </dd> <dt>The sons and daughters of foster carers</dt> <dd> <p>Fostering involves the whole family and it can have a positive impact on everyone in the household. The sons and daughters of foster carers play a vital role&nbsp;welcoming fostered children into their home, so it is important to recognise and respect their essential contribution to fostering.</p> <p>This factsheet explains the challenges and dilemmas often faced by sons and daughters and how they cope with difficult and challenging behaviour; how social workers and fostering agencies can support sons and daughters and the key messages that are important for everyone:</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/sonsanddaughtersjanuary2018.pdf">English</a>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/sonsanddaughterswelsh.pdf">Cymraeg</a></p> </dd> <dt>Speech, language and communication needs</dt> <dd> <p>Communication is fundamental to our everyday lives, but some children struggle to develop communication skills. It is thought that many children who are looked after in the care system may have unidentified communication needs.</p> <p>It is important that foster carers are aware that the children and young people in their care may have underlying and undetected communication difficulties, in addition to their emotional needs. Foster carers are best placed and have an important role in supporting and intervening early to help young children develop language.</p> <p>This factsheet will help you be aware of the signs to look out for and offers a few simple strategies that can be used to support the child in your care.</p> <p>Download the factsheet:</p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/speechandlanguage-englishupdated19october2017.pdf">English</a></p> <p><a download="" href="/sites/default/files/content/speechandlanguage-welshupdated19october2017.pdf">Cymraeg</a></p> </dd> <dt>Supporting Sibling Relationships</dt> <dd> <p>This briefing paper will provide an overview of sibling relationships within the wider context of family dynamics and past experiences. It will talk through some of the key issues and ways to support children in care with the relationships they have with siblings, their sense of belonging in their family, and the circumstantial issues which may affect these.&nbsp;</p> <p>Read and download the briefing paper in <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-01/FLW%20Briefing%20paper%20Supporting%20Sibling%20Relationships%20FINAL.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-01/FLW%20Briefing%20paper%20Supporting%20Sibling%20Relationships%20FINAL%20WELSH.pdf">Welsh</a>.&nbsp;</p> </dd> <dt>Teenage brain development and mental health&nbsp;</dt> <dd> <p>As adolescents enter puberty, there is a lot for them to contend with and many factors impact on their development. We know that teenagers change rapidly as they mature, and the impact of hormonal changes can affect their emotions and everyday routines, such as their eating and sleeping patterns.</p> <p>This briefing paper will provide a short introduction to teenage brain development and mental health. It will explore what aspects of the evolving brain and cognitive processes affect development, alongside the other factors that can influence and shape how a young person matures. What mental health is, why it is important to have good mental health and some information about mental health illnesses.&nbsp;</p> <p>Read and download the briefing paper in <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/FLW%20Briefing%20paper%20-%20Teenage%20brain%20development%20and%20mental%20health.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/FLW%20Briefing%20paper%20-%20Teenage%20brain%20development%20and%20mental%20health%20WELSH.pdf">Welsh</a>. &nbsp;</p> </dd> <dt>Transferring fostering services</dt> <dd> <p>Sometimes, foster carers want to change their agency, for a variety of reasons. Foster carers have the right to free movement between fostering agencies. However,<br /> foster carers can only be registered with one agency at a time. If a foster carer is fostering a child or young person, that child or young person’s needs must be paramount in any decisions and in the plans for transferring to another agency. Although people often talk about transferring agency, in reality it involves applying to<br /> a new agency and resigning from the current agency. Transfer protocols guide the way in which fostering services should manage the movement of foster carers between fostering services.</p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">The revised Wales transfer protocol (2021) is supported by the Welsh Government&nbsp;and is compliant with the requirements of all Fostering Regulations (Wales) and takes into account The Fostering Network’s Foster Carers’ Charter. <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/recruitment-and-retention/transfer-protocols">Find out more about the transfer protocols</a>.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <p>Download the factsheet:</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/transferringfosteringagenciesfactsheetseptember2019.pdf">English</a></p> </dd> <dt>Universal Credit and Fostering (Wales)</dt> <dd> <p>Universal Credit is a means-tested benefit for people, both single and couples, of working-age, who are in or out of work, who are on a low income, to help with living costs, children, housing costs and other needs. It is one benefit, administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and it is non-taxable. Universal Credit is designed to help you get into work and do as much work as you can.&nbsp;</p> <p>Read the Universal Credit and fostering paper here in <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-01/FLW%20briefing%20paper%20-%20Universal%20Credit%20and%20fostering%20FINAL.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-01/FLW%20briefing%20paper%20-%20Universal%20Credit%20and%20fostering%20FINAL%20WELSH.pdf">Welsh</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>The following paper has been put together to explain in more detail the special rules which apply to foster carers who are claiming Universal Credit. Sometimes a foster carer may experience problems with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), who administer Universal Credit, and the local job centre (via their work coach) who may not understand the special rules which apply to foster carers because fostering is such a niche area.</p> <p>Read the Universal Credit and rule for foster carers paper here in <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-01/FLW%20briefing%20paper%20-%20Universal%20Credit%20and%20rule%20for%20foster%20carers%20FINAL.pdf">English</a> and <a href="https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-01/FLW%20briefing%20paper%20-%20Universal%20Credit%20and%20rule%20for%20foster%20carers%20FINAL%20WELSH.pdf">Welsh</a>. &nbsp;</p> </dd> <dt>When I am Ready</dt> <dd> <p>When I am Ready is a Welsh Government service for 18 to 21 year olds (up to 25 if still in full-time education) who want to stay living with their former foster carer. The<br /> foster carer must agree, and must be approved and registered as a foster carer with either their local authority or independent agency on the young person’s 18th birthday. The young person must have been in care for more than 13 weeks since their 14th birthday and must be in foster care on their 18th birthday.</p> <p>Download the factsheet:</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/wheniamreadyfactsheet.pdf">English</a></p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/content/wheniamreadyfactsheetwelsh.pdf">Cymraeg</a></p> </dd> </dl> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Tags:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/tfnetwork/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/tfnetwork/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-content-topic--page.html.twig * field--node--field-content-topic.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--field-content-topic.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1281" hreflang="en">Wales specific</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1303" hreflang="en">contact</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-members-only--page.html.twig * field--node--field-members-only.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--field-members-only.html.twig * field--boolean.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-members-only field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field--item">0</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:22:16 +0000 Daniel.Sinclairtfn 10880 at https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk Fostering the Future https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/fostering-future <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--page.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:name">Fostering the Future</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--page.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span rel="schema:author"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">admin</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--page.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2015-12-15T15:05:35+00:00">Tue, 12/15/2015 - 15:05</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-introduction--page.html.twig * field--node--field-introduction.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--field-introduction.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-introduction field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Fostering the Future is a Big Lottery funded project which provides a programme of support and personal development activities designed to enhance skills development and promote resilience within fostering families in Northern Ireland.</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--page.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div property="schema:text" class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Fostering the Future is one of several <a href="https://www.fostering.net/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes">innovative programmes</a> The Fostering Network runs to improve foster care and outcomes for fostered young people and foster and kinship foster carers.</p> <p>For more information about Fostering the Future phone The Fostering Network in Northern Ireland on 028 9070 5056, or contact <a href="mailto:Mikhaila.Woods@fostering.net">Mikhaila Woods</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>For media enquiries regarding&nbsp;Fostering the Future email&nbsp;The Fostering Network’s <a href="mailto:media@fostering.net">media team </a>or phone&nbsp;020 7620 6441.</p> <h3>About Fostering the Future</h3> <p>Fostering the Future, funded by the Big Lottery Supporting and Empowering Young People programme, provides a programme of support and personal development activities to children and young people aged eight to&nbsp;20 who are in foster or kinship foster care. It also aims to empower and equip foster and kinship carers&nbsp;to better meet the needs of the children they look after through opportunities to build skills and knowledge.</p> <p>The project works to support and improve self-esteem and self- worth particularly where children have experienced multiple placement moves.</p> <p>Since the beginning of the programme more than&nbsp;400&nbsp;young people have participated in a range of activities including OCN&nbsp;accredited training programmes, workshops and activities.&nbsp;These include arts and sports based programmes, peer mentoring and residential weekends. The Fostering Network in Northern Ireland is an OCN accredited centre.</p> <p>Training&nbsp;for foster and kinship carers has included a range of bespoke&nbsp;accredited courses such as 'Story sacks' as well as therapeutic play and workshops in substance use and misuse, mental health awareness and personal development and sexual health.&nbsp;</p> <p>Tags:</p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/tfnetwork/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/tfnetwork/templates/system/links.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-content-topic--page.html.twig * field--node--field-content-topic.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--field-content-topic.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1108" hreflang="en">child development</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1281" hreflang="en">Wales specific</a></div> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-members-only--page.html.twig * field--node--field-members-only.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--field-members-only.html.twig * field--boolean.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-members-only field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field--item">0</div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:05:35 +0000 admin 9801 at https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk Confidence in Care https://www.thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/policy-practice/projects-and-programmes/confidence-in-care <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--page.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:name">Confidence in Care</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--page.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span rel="schema:author"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">admin</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/user/templates/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--page.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span property="schema:dateCreated" content="2015-12-15T14:58:06+00:00">Tue, 12/15/2015 - 14:58</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'core/modules/node/templates/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--field-introduction--page.html.twig * field--node--field-introduction.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--field-introduction.html.twig * field--text-long.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div class="field field--name-field-introduction field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Confidence in Care was an ambitious six-year programme (2015-2021) to help improve </span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">placement stability through better interaction and attachment levels between carers and looked after children and&nbsp;young people.</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p> </div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--page.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--page.html.twig * field--body.html.twig * field--text-with-summary.html.twig x field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap/templates/field/field.html.twig' --> <div property="schema:text" class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><a href="#english">English</a> / <a href="#welsh">Cymraeg</a></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">The programme was funded by National Lottery Communities Fund </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">and consisted of three strands:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">The primary strand was delivering the Fostering Changes course</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">foster carers in all 22 Welsh local authorities and the independent fostering providers. This was the first undertaking of this kind seeking to bring a consistency of training to foster carers across Wales. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; font-size:12.0pt; padding:0cm"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">The Fostering Changes programme aims to build positive relationships, encourage positive child behaviour, and set appropriate limits, through a practical skills-based approach. The course is 12 weeks and is followed by three termly support sessions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">A secondary strand was training a small number of residential support workers with a course adapted specifically for the sector, Caring Changes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-bottom:11px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">The final strand was working directly with young people looked after on a series of creative workshops.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">The programme was delivered by a consortium of the leading organisations working with fostered and looked after children in Wales and across the UK. The consortium was led by The Fostering Network working in partnership with Action for Children, Barnardo’s, and TACT. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">The programme was </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">independently evaluated by Cardiff University’s CASCADE (Children’s Social Research and Development Centre) and SEWTU (South East Wales Trials Unit). The main part of the evaluation was a randomised controlled trial (RCT)– an approach which is unusual in the children’s care sector. </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">What the programme achieved</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Fostering Changes Training</span></span></span></u></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Fostering Changes training was successfully delivered to over 1200 foster carers and social workers across every local authority in Wales and the independent fostering providers. This included mainstream and kinship foster carers, as well as social workers.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Foster carers and social workers told us that they benefitted from the peer support they received during the 12-week </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">course and</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"> foster carers reported feeling more confident in their role as a result of attending the training.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Course participants reported </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">positive changes at home as well as stronger relationships with their children and young people.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">‘</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">I feel I have a toolbox of useful skills that I can use anytime with any child’.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">‘Mine and my children’s confidence has really grown, the strategies have helped build on the relationships we already have’.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">‘We share thoughts and feelings and talk more which has made the relationship stronger’.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Caring Changes</span></span></u></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Caring Changes was well received by the 86 support workers who took part in the pilot. The Cascade report found the facilitation to have been rated as excellent and the range of topics covered was seen to provide a good foundation level course for those new to residential care. It was also received well by those new to the profession whilst encouraging reflection and consolidation for more experienced workers. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Young People’s Skills Group</span></span></u></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">The majority of carers reported an improvement in their young person’s confidence within themselves or within a team environment. The young people also developed resources that can support their mental wellbeing. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">The project had an impact on the relationship between the carers and young people themselves. It gave the carers and young people a space to have fun together and take part in activities as equals. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">‘</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">This was a great opportunity for us to work together and share something in common’<i>.</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">‘the first intervention in over 10 years that P and I have been able to access together’.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 11px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 11px;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Learning from the programme</span></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">The most powerful piece of feedback we received from foster carers attending Fostering Changes was the benefit of attending group sessions over a 12-week period. Carers enjoyed sharing experiences with their peers and receiving support from people who fully understood the demands of the foster carer role. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">The quality of facilitation was also something that was highlighted across the board, with the knowledge and skills of the facilitators being one of the top things carers valued from attending the course.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">The consortium approach of third sector organisations working together to deliver training and other interventions at scale across Wales has been proven to work well, and could be replicated again.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">The partnership between Confidence in Care and Cardiff University has resulted in the following pieces of research and evaluation reports:</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Fostering Changes: </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the fostering changes programme</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014521342030301X" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014521342030301X</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Qualitative process evaluation of the Fostering Changes program for foster carers as part of the Confidence in Care randomized controlled trial</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0145213420304233" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0145213420304233</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Caring Changes evaluation report</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://cascadewales.org/report/an-evaluation-of-caring-changes-a-training-programme-for-residential-carers/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">https://cascadewales.org/report/an-evaluation-of-caring-changes-a-training-programme-for-residential-carers/</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Young People’s Skills Group</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.exchangewales.org/the-value-of-cultural-and-creative-engagement-understanding-the-experiences-and-opinions-of-care-experienced-young-people-and-foster-carers-in-wales/" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">https://www.exchangewales.org/the-value-of-cultural-and-creative-engagement-understanding-the-experiences-and-opinions-of-care-experienced-young-people-and-foster-carers-in-wales/</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 11px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Although foster carers and the course facilitators fed back very positively about the training, the academic evaluation and randomised control trial of Fostering Changes&nbsp; found that there was little positive long-term impact on the foster carers’ practice.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">It would seem that the foster carers who most benefitted from the course were those who had begun their fostering career relatively recently. Therefore it is suggested that Fostering Changes would be a good entry-level addition to the post-approval training strand of the National Fostering Framework.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">‘</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">It should be a course offered at the start of a fostering journey - 6 years in I feel I could have done some things better and maybe aged a lot less!’.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Given the positive feedback by course participants, the consortium was disappointed that little long-term change was found by the randomised control trial&nbsp; The findings of the process evaluation were largely consistent with the positive evaluation feedback collected for courses throughout the programme. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">The evaluation of the creative workshop programme reported a number of benefits for children and young people from attending the programme, including improved confidence, social and emotional development as well as arts-based skills.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 11px;">&nbsp;</p> <p>For more information about Confidence in Care email <a href="mailto:elizabeth.bryan@fostering.net">Elizabeth Bryan </a>or ring 02920 440940.</p> <p>For media enquiries email The Fostering Network’s <a href="mailto:media@fostering.net">media team</a> or ring 020 7620 6441.</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/uploads/pdf/confidence_in_care_frequently_asked_questions.pdf">Frequently asked questions on the programme are available here.</a></p> <p><img alt="Lottery fund" src="/sites/default/files/uploads/images/big_lottery_funded_0.jpg" style="height:119px; width:150px" /></p> <hr /> <h2><a id="Cymraeg" name="Cymraeg"></a>Hyder mewn Gofal</h2> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Roedd Hyder mewn Gofal yn rhaglen chwe blynedd uchelgeisiol (2015-2021) i helpu i wella sefydlogrwydd lleoliadau drwy well rhyngweithio a gwell lefelau ymlyniad rhwng gofalwyr a phlant a phobl ifanc sy’n derbyn gofal</span></span></span></span></b><b><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">.</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Ariannwyd y rhaglen gan Gronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaethol, ac roedd wedi’i ffurfio o dair cainc</span></span></span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Y brif gainc oedd cyflenwi’r cwrs Newidiadau Maethu i ofalwyr maeth ym mhob un o’r 22 o awdurdodau lleol Cymru a’r darparwyr gwasanaethau maethu annibynnol.&nbsp; Dyma oedd yr ymgymeriad cyntaf o’r math hwn oedd yn ceisio dod â chysondeb hyfforddiant i ofalwyr maeth ledled Cymru.&nbsp; Nod y rhaglen Newidiadau Maethu yw magu perthnasoedd cadarnhaol, annog ymddygiad cadarnhaol gan blant</span></span></span></span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">, a gosod terfynau priodol, drwy ymagwedd ymarferol yn seiliedig ar sgiliau.&nbsp; Hyd y cwrs yw 12 wythnos, ac fe’i dilynir gan dri sesiwn cymorth tymhorol. </span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Ail gainc oedd hyfforddi nifer fechan o weithwyr cymorth preswyl gyda chwrs wedi’i addasu’n benodol ar gyfer y sector, Newidiadau Gofal.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li style="margin-bottom:11px; margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Roedd y gainc olaf yn golygu gweithio’n uniongyrchol â phobl ifanc sy’n derbyn gofal ar gyfres o weithdai creadigol. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Cyflenwyd y rhaglen gan gonsortiwm o’r prif sefydliadau sy’n gweithio â phlant maeth a phlant sy’n derbyn gofal yng Nghymru a ledled y Deyrnas Unedig.&nbsp; Arweiniwyd y consortiwm gan Y Rhwydwaith Maethu, oedd yn gweithio mewn partneriaeth â Gweithredu dros Blant, Barnardo’s, a TACT. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Gwerthuswyd y rhaglen yn annibynnol gan CASCADE </span></span></span></span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">(Canolfan Ymchwil a Datblygu Gofal Cymdeithasol Plant) </span></span></span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">o Brifysgol Caerdydd,</span></span></span></span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black"> a SEWTU (Uned Treialon De-ddwyrain Cymru). &nbsp;Prif ran y gwerthuso oedd hap-dreial rheoli – ymagwedd sy’n anarferol yn y sector gofal plant.&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Yr hyn a gyflawnodd y rhaglen</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Hyfforddiant Newidiadau Maethu</span></span></span></u></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Cyflenwyd hyfforddiant Newidiadau Maethu yn llwyddiannus i dros 1200 o ofalwyr maeth a gweithwyr cymdeithasol ledled pob awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru a’r darparwyr gwasanaethau maethu annibynnol.&nbsp; Roedd hyn yn cynnwys gofalwyr maeth prif ffrwd a gofalwyr sy’n berthnasau, yn ogystal â gweithwyr cymdeithasol.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Dywedodd gofalwyr maeth a gweithwyr cymdeithasol wrthym eu bod wedi elwa o gymorth gan gymheiriaid y gwnaethant ei dderbyn yn ystod y cwrs 12 wythnos, a rhoddodd gofalwyr maeth wybod am deimlo’n fwy hyderus yn eu rôl, o ganlyniad i fynychu’r hyfforddiant.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Rhoddodd cyfranogwyr yn y cwrs wybod am newidiadau cadarnhaol gartref, yn ogystal â pherthnasoedd cryf â’u plant a phobl ifanc.&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">‘Teimlaf fod gen i flwch offer o sgiliau defnyddiol y gallaf eu defnyddio unrhyw adeg gydag unrhyw </span></span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">blentyn</span></span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">’</span></span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">‘Mae fy hyder innau a fy mhlant wedi gwirioneddol dyfu, mae’r strategaethau wedi helpu i adeiladu ar y perthnasoedd sydd gennym eisoes’.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">‘Rhannwn feddyliau a theimladau a siaradwn fwy, sydd wedi gwneud y berthynas yn gryfach’.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Newidiadau Gofal </span></span></u></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Croesawyd Newidiadau Gofal gan yr 86 o weithwyr cymorth a gymerodd ran yn y cynllun peilot.&nbsp; Canfu adroddiad Cascade fod yr hwyluso wedi’i raddio fel ‘ardderchog’, a gwelwyd fod yr ystod o bynciau a gwmpaswyd yn darparu cwrs ‘lefel sylfaen’ da i’r rheiny sy’n newydd i ofal preswyl.&nbsp; Fe’i croesawyd hefyd gan y rheiny sy’n newydd i’r proffesiwn, tra ei bod hefyd yn annog adfyfyrio ac atgyfnerthu i weithwyr mwy profiadol.&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Grŵp Sgiliau Pobl Ifanc</span></span></u></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Rhoddodd y mwyafrif o ofalwyr wybod am welliant yn hyder eu person ifanc o fewn eu hunain neu o fewn amgylchedd tîm.&nbsp; Datblygodd y bobl ifanc hefyd adnoddau a all gynorthwyo’u lles meddyliol. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Cafodd y prosiect effaith ar y berthynas rhwng y gofalwyr a’r bobl ifanc eu hunain.&nbsp; Rhoddodd le i’r gofalwyr a’r bobl ifanc gael hwyl gyda’i gilydd a chymryd rhan mewn gweithgareddau fel pobl gydradd. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">‘Roedd hwn yn gyfle gwych inni gydweithio a rhannu rhywbeth yn gyffredin<span style="background:white"><span style="color:black">’</span></span><span style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><i>.</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="background:white"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">‘Yr ymyrraeth gyntaf mewn dros 10 mlynedd y mae P a minnau wedi gallu cael ato gyda’n gilydd’.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Dysgu o’r rhaglen</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Y darn mwyaf nerthol o adborth y gwnaethom ei dderbyn gan ofalwyr maeth a wnaeth fynychu Newidiadau Maethu oedd y budd o fynychu sesiynau grŵp dros gyfnod o 12 wythnos.&nbsp; Mwynhaodd gofalwyr rannu profiadau â’u cymheiriaid a derbyn cefnogaeth gan bobl sy’n llwyr ddeall gofynion rôl gofalwyr maeth.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Roedd ansawdd yr hwyluso hefyd yn rhywbeth a amlygwyd yn gyffredinol, gyda gwybodaeth a sgiliau’r hwyluswyr yn un o’r prif bethau roedd gofalwyr yn eu gwerthfawrogi o fod wedi mynychu’r cwrs.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Profwyd fod ymagwedd gonsortiwm y sefydliadau trydydd sector yn cydweithio i gyflenwi hyfforddiant ac ymyriadau eraill ledled Cymru yn gweithio’n dda, ac y gellid ei ailadrodd eto.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Mae’r bartneriaeth rhwng Hyder mewn Gofal a Phrifysgol Caerdydd wedi esgor ar y darnau canlynol o adroddiadau ymchwil a gwerthuso:</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Newidiadau Maethu: </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Hap-dreial rheoli pragmatig o’r rhaglen Newidiadau Maethu</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="about:blank" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014521342030301X</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Gwerthuso proses ansoddol y rhaglen Newidiadau Maethu ar gyfer gofalwyr maeth fel rhan o hap-dreial rheoli Hyder mewn Gofal</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="about:blank" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0145213420304233</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Adroddiad gwerthuso Newidiadau Gofal </span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="about:blank" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">https://cascadewales.org/report/an-evaluation-of-caring-changes-a-training-programme-for-residential-carers/</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:black">Grŵp Sgiliau Pobl Ifanc</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="about:blank" style="color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-underline:none">https://www.exchangewales.org/the-value-of-cultural-and-creative-engagement-understanding-the-experiences-and-opinions-of-care-experienced-young-people-and-foster-carers-in-wales/</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Er bod gofalwyr maeth a hwyluswyr y cwrs wedi adborthi’n gadarnhaol iawn am yr hyfforddiant, canfu’r gwerthuso academaidd a’r hap-dreial rheoli o Newidiadau Maethu mai ond ychydig o effaith hirdymor gadarnhaol oedd yna ar ymarfer gofalwyr maeth.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Ymddengys mai’r gofalwyr maeth a elwodd fwyaf o’r cwrs oedd y rheiny oedd wedi dechrau ar eu gyrfa faethu yn gymharol ddiweddar.&nbsp; Felly, awgrymir y byddai Newidiadau Maethu’n ychwanegiad sylfaenol da at gainc hyfforddiant ar ôl cwblhau y Fframwaith Maethu Cenedlaethol.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p align="center" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">‘Dylai fod yn gwrs a gynigir ar ddechrau taith faethu – 6 blynedd ar ôl dechrau, rwyf yn teimlo y gallwn fod wedi gwneud rhai pethau’n well ac efallai heneiddio llawer llai</span></span><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">!’.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">O ystyried yr adborth cadarnhaol gan gyfranogwyr ar y cwrs, roedd y consortiwm yn siomedig mai ond ychydig o newid hirdymor a ganfuwyd gan yr hap-dreial rheoli.&nbsp; Roedd canfyddiadau gwerthuso’r broses i raddau helaeth yn gyson â’r adborth gwerthuso cadarnhaol a gasglwyd ar gyfer cyrsiau drwy gydol y rhaglen. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span lang="CY" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Rhoddodd y gwerthusiad o’r rhaglen gweithdy creadigol wybod am nifer o fuddion i blant a phobl ifanc o fynychu’r rhaglen, yn cynnwys gwell hyder, datblygiad cymdeithasol ac emosiynol, yn ogystal â sgiliau wedi’u seilio ar y celfyddydau. </span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I gael mwy o wybodaeth am Hyder mewn Gofal, anfonwch e-bost at <a href="mailto:ELIZABETH.BRYAN@FOSTERING.NET">Elizabeth Bryan</a>.</p> <p>Ar gyfer ymholiadau gan y cyfryngau, anfonwch e-bost at <a href="mailto:media@fostering.net">dîm cyfryngau’r</a> Rhwydwaith Maethu neu ffoniwch 020 7620 6425.</p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/uploads/pdf/welsh_confidence_in_care_frequently_asked_questions.pdf">Mae cwestiynau cyffredin ynglŷn â’r rhaglen ar gael yma.&nbsp;&nbsp;</a></p> <p><img alt="Lottery fund" src="/sites/default/files/uploads/images/big_lottery_funded_0.jpg" style="height:119px; 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