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The member feedback we received from the Income Tax & National Insurance webinars we ran in 2021 stated that the webinars were very helpful.
We now have new dates for your diaries! Sign up and join us on any of the following dates:
Tues 15th March - 10.30-11.30am
Weds 22nd June - 10.30-11.30am
Weds 14th September - 19.00-20.00pm
Tues 8th November - 10.30-11.30am
Each webinar lasts for 1 hour and includes a Q&A session.
Every Mockingbird constellation is led by a hub home carer in partnership with a liaison worker. These roles are unique in foster care, building a community and supporting whole families. Wendy, a hub home carer in Wigan, tells us how she got into fostering and what her hub home carer role requires.
Salary: £19,147 - £29,254pa plus £3,964pa London Weighting allowance (if applicable)
This week sees the launch of The Fostering Network’s State of the Nation’s Foster Care 2021 report, which brings together the views of both foster carers and fostering services to highlight what’s working – and what isn’t – in the sector today. Here, our chief executive, Kevin Williams, reflects on the report's findings and what we must focus on in order to make foster care the best it can be.
In England, the Independent Review of Children's Social Care will be having a panel discussion on Thursday 9 December, from 5.30 – 6.30pm. Josh MacAlister, chair of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, will be joined by an expert panel to consider the question:
Freedom vs Responsibility – How to get the right balance in children’s social care
This question is one of the ‘three dilemmas’ that the care review has been grappling with, outlined in a previous blog here:
Speaking to Black foster carers Fiona, Ingrid and Paulette make one thing very clear; all three of them love fostering and are immensely passionate about making a difference to young people’s lives. But they also want to make foster care the very best it can be.
Here they tell us about their experience of fostering and share their thoughts around the stigmatisation of Black children in care, matching and the recruitment of Black foster carers.
Read blog 2 here: Enabling Black children in care to own their identity and thrive
The Fostering Network are working in partnership with The Sex Education Forum and funded by DHSC National Reproductive Health, Sexual Health and HIV Innovation Fund. This exciting new project aims to increase the knowledge, skills, and confidence of foster carers in supporting the children and young people you care for to have better sexual and reproductive health outcomes.
The Fostering Network is the UK’s leading fostering charity. We are dedicated to creating a better future for fostered children and young people. We bring together everyone who is involved in their lives, leading, inspiring, motivating and supporting them to make foster care better. Together with our members and supporters we are a powerful catalyst for change, and we’ve been shaping and influencing the fostering agenda for more than 40 years.
Salary: £22,138 - £24,000
When applying to higher education through UCAS, I came across a box asking if I was care experienced. At the time I didn’t know why they were asking me this, or why it was relevant, but I ticked it, because it was the truth and I have never felt ashamed to have this status.
For Black History Month we are highlighting the amazing work Black people involved in fostering do. We also show where foster care has to do better to make sure it is the best it can be – both for Black foster carers and Black children in care.
In blog two of our series, Judith tells us about the challenges Black children in care are faced with and which steps have to be taken to make sure Black children in care can thrive.
Read blog 3 here: Mis- and under-representation of Black people in fostering
