The Department for Education has published new draft fostering standards and guidance for England and launched a consultation seeking views on the proposals.
The Fostering Network will be responding the consultation on behalf of our members. Therefore, we are hosting two focus groups for our foster carer members and two focus groups for our fostering service members. These will also be attended by contractors for DfE running the consultation engagement so that discussions can fed directly into their consultations as well as ours.
Resources
Sessions for foster carers
- Wednesday 26 August, 10:00-12:00 -
- Monday 7 September, 10:30-12:30 - sign up here
Sessions for fostering services
- Monday 27 July, 12:30-14:30
- Friday 4 September, 10:00-12:00 - sign up here
Each session is limited to 100 attendees to enable everyone to meaningfully participate in the discussions. We will confirm your place as soon as possible.
You can also respond directly to the consultation
Take our survey on draft fostering standards
If you are unable to attend a focus group session, we still want to hear your views. Please respond to our survey to let us know your thoughts on the proposals which we will feed into our written response to the consultations.
Take survey
If you have any queries, please email [email protected].
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