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Our State of the Nation research acts as a yard stick for progress in key areas of foster care from one survey to the next.
By identifying the issues affecting those working in the fostering sector every day, we are able to provide a reliable snapshot of fostering in the UK and understand where improvements need to be made.
Our foster carer survey covers topics including:
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Since 2011, we have been campaigning for every fostering service to commit to a foster carers’ charter. This year we have updated our charter to recognise the distinct responsibilities of the fostering service and the placing authority in their role as the corporate parent. In Wales the charter campaign is taking place as part of the Fostering Excellence programme.
We first produced a charter in 2011 in consultation with our members, and have recently revamped it with support from a range of organisations including the Department for Education, ADCS and FosterTalk. Charters represent an important step towards foster carers being treated and respected as the professionals that they are so that foster carers get the recognition they deserve and need to provide children with the best possible care.
Following on from the Government initiating the official EU withdrawal process in March 2017, there was – and continues to be – much speculation as what would happen to EU nationals who were currently residing in the UK. The Fostering Network received enquiries from fostering services worrying about approving people as foster carers who were non-UK EU nationals, and also about the long-term stability of placing fostered children with foster carers who were non-UK EU nationals.
