Head of Learning and Development

Salary: £40,000 - £51,500pa Dependent upon experience plus £3,964pa London Weighting if applicable 

Hours: 36 hours per week  

Location: Flexible/Pan UK role, we have offices in London SE1, Cardiff, Scotland and Northern Ireland 

Fri, 01/27/2023 - 12:54 By Neha Shah on January,27th 2023

Management Accountant

Management Accountant

The Fostering Network

 

Fri, 01/27/2023 - 12:46 By Neha Shah on January,27th 2023

The children’s social care review in England – a focus on allegations

By Jacqui Shurlock and Vicki Swain – joint head of policy and campaigns 

Last year we asked you to share your views on the final report of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in England. You did so through our care review survey, at focus groups and in forum meetings. Thank you to everyone who got involved.   

We have produced a series of blogs which summarise your feedback, with this final blog focusing on allegations. This was an area you felt was missing from the independent review and with such importance, we felt it deserved a blog of its own.  

This piece features the views of the 665 foster carers who responded to our survey or attended our forums and consultation events. It also includes feedback from our State of the Nation 2021 survey of 3,352 foster carers. 

By Vicki-tfn on January,13th 2023

Tax & National Insurance webinars for foster carers

In partnership with Williams Giles Accountants, we hold regular webinars that offer support and advice with calculating and completing your tax returns. These include advice on National Insurance contributions.

Dates for 2023  

- 8th FEBRUARY at 10.30am   

- 11th MAY at 7.30pm   

Tue, 01/10/2023 - 13:21 By Richard Ralph on January,10th 2023

Wexbaby – a small business with a special story

Ettie is 30 years old and runs her own business: a children’s clothing line called Wexbaby. For Ettie, it is a way to celebrate her French roots and give back to her foster carers for all they have done for her and her sister Sally. Read her story here. 

By louiseventon on January,4th 2023

The retention and recruitment of foster carers in England - members' views and research opportunity

Over the last few months, we asked our members to share their views on the final report of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in England. They did so through our care review survey, at focus groups and in forum meetings. 

Daisy Elliott, research and evidence manager at The Fostering Network, focuses on one of the biggest challenges currently facing the foster care sector – the retention and recruitment of foster carers. Daisy shares details of research we are doing on this issue and how foster carers and fostering services can get involved.

By Daisy Elliott on December,15th 2022