We first published Safer Caring: A New Approach to challenge the ‘risk averse’ culture that had developed within children’s social care across the UK. This groundbreaking book introduced a new way of thinking about principles for safeguarding children and young people in foster care, alongside offering guidance to protect foster carers and their families from complaints and allegations.
Since 2012, the context in which decisions in fostering are being made has evolved. There have been changes to the legal framework, changes within the population of children in foster care, and developments in our understanding of the risks facing some children and young people.
To support the continued implementation of the new approach to Safer Caring within the current context of fostering, we developed an extensive collection of supplementary resources, which you can access below.
Supplementary resources
Chapter 2: Risk sensible, not risk averse
Chapter 4: A closer look at foster care
Chapter 5: Corporate parenting
Chapter 6: It's not just about you
Chapter 7: creating a secure base
Chapter 8: Your family safer caring plan