Research by Simply Fostering, last quarter of 2014, finds finds what might make people anxious about applying to become foster carers?
People interested in fostering might have a mistrust of social workers. They might not believe that they have the abilities to do the job and are usually unaware of how many new foster carers are needed every year. People usually don’t know what is involved in being a foster carer and are worried about answering all the questions asked in the foster carer assessment... Simply Fostering New...
Sunday, 26 October 2014
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Foster carers don't do for the money!
Posted on 19:16 by JoesBlog
Fostering children involves looking after your own family, and someone else’s children at the same time. Being a foster carer is full on enough without adding to the pressures by constantly worrying about finances which raises stress levels, narrows choices and restricts carer’s ability to help everyone to fully share in what society has to offer.
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Monday, 13 October 2014
The differences - Long term fostering and adoption
Posted on 12:45 by JoesBlog
Long term fostering and adoption
Long term foster care and adoption are very similar, but have some key differences. In this article will be a brief summary of what the two are, and how and why they differ.
When someone decides to foster, they are providing family life for someone else’s child when the child can’t live with their birth family. Foster care is generally a short term service, and the child will most often return home. However, when this is not possible, permanent foster care or adoption comes into the pictur...
Thursday, 9 October 2014
Foster children and abuse
Posted on 11:26 by JoesBlog
Foster children – abuse
According to statistics, in March 2014 there were 68,840 children in care in the UK*. This staggering statistic continues to rise every day, therefore it is very important for people (interested in foster care or not) to know how and why young people are put into care and the effects it can have on the children. More....
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Fostering families and their fostered children are kept in the dark
Posted on 17:14 by JoesBlog
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...
Saturday, 9 August 2014
Updated Foster carer Transfer Agency Protocol
Posted on 10:18 by JoesBlog
Transfer protocol published
Monday, 4 August, 2014
The Fostering Network and the joint forum of Independent Fostering Providers, with the support of the Association of Directors of Children's Services, have issued an updated transfer of foster carers protocol for England.The aim of the protocol is to ensure that children's interests are protected when foster carers transfer between fostering services.
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Thursday, 19 June 2014
Time for a change?
Posted on 13:31 by JoesBlog
Is it time for a change?
Do you want to make a positive change in your life?
Do you want to experience the satisfaction of keeping children from more harm and seeing them settle down and start thriving?
Then become a foster carer and feel the sense of fulfillment that doing something worthwhile brings, and be the person who can make a difference to a child’s life.
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Sunday, 27 April 2014
Children & Young People In Care At Higher Risk Of Sexual Exploitation Report Finds
Posted on 09:50 by JoesBlog
Children & Young People In Care At Higher Risk Of Sexual Exploitation Report Finds
Councils continue to fail in their duty to protect children from sexual exploitation by and within predatory gangs , a two-year investigation by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner has found.
The report which was published recently, was critical of Children's Services for continually failing to safeguard children and and whom it feels underestimate the scale of sexual exploitation risk after finding only 6% of local safeguarding children...