Fostering families and their fostered children are kept in the dark

It's been confirmed again that thousands of foster families are being put at risk because some councils are withholding vital information about the children they agree to take in, campaigners have warned.

Over a quarter of English foster carers are not provided with the significant information needed to look after foster children and their own families safely, according to a survey of a thousand households across England by the Fostering Network.

During my many years in social work, I have never met a foster carer who has not complained at some time, about not being given enough information by the child or children's placing authority.

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