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Mervyn Erskine is chair of trustee's at The Fostering Network and a full-time foster carer. He kicks off Foster Care Fortnight™ with a special thanks to everyone in our #FosteringCommunities and shares his feelings about being part of the community himself
We were pleased to see that the Government’s recent strategy in response to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care provided the biggest investment in fostering into date. It also outlined changes which will make an immediate difference to the lives of children and young people in foster care, such as the above inflationary increase to the national minimum allowance.
Despite these positive changes, we feel that there are still things missing from the strategy that need to be addressed which will have our continued focus. In this blog, we pull out the key things missing that our members have called for from the start of the review.
The aims of this open access course is to give all participants a clearer understanding of the complexities and challenges of managing allegations as positively as possible, whilst keeping the child at the centre of the plan.
Along with our partners at the Mortgage Brain, The Fostering Network is hosting a webinar for any foster carer who would like to learn more about the specifics of applying for a mortgage as a foster carer.
Understanding and applying for mortgages is difficult, and for foster carers this can be more difficult due to your self-employed status and issues surrounding income evidence.
For further information click link https://bit.ly/TFNmortgage
This webinar explains how to calculate any profit from fostering, how to complete your tax return and discusses national insurance options.
7.30pm to 8.30pm
Information and registration link at https://bit.ly/fosterTAX
This webinar explains how to calculate any profit from fostering, how to complete your tax return and discusses national insurance options.
7.30pm to 8.30pm
Information and registration link at https://bit.ly/fosterTAX
Fiona has been fostering for over six years now, after originally seeing an advert on television years before she decided to seriously consider the role. Fiona speaks about her experiences of fostering and how the support she receives helps her to be the best foster carer she can be.
At The Fostering Network, we always want to know what our members are experiencing to help make improvements in foster care and shine a light on practice that is working well. We speak with you via our helplines, forums and at events. We also occasionally gather your views through surveys.
In this blog, Daisy Elliott, our research and evidence manager explains why collecting evidence is important to influence policy change and make a real difference to the lives of children and young people, and those that support them.
Salary: £30,000 – £34,000pa
