Fostering Wellbeing Programme | The Fostering Network

Fostering Wellbeing

Fostering Wellbeing is an innovative programme, funded by Welsh Government and delivered by The Fostering Network, which aims to improve wellbeing outcomes for children and young people.

The programme promotes an equality of status for everyone involved in the ‘team around the child’, including foster carers. It encourages professionals to work together with a joint approach, creating a shared language and allowing best practice to move across service boundaries.

It does this through two main elements:

Five online masterclasses - to enable foster carers and other professionals in the team around the child to gain the skills and confidence needed to help inspire children and young people to fulfil their potential through a one team approach.
Pioneer foster carers - experienced foster carers who, in addition to the skills and experience they will bring to the role, will receive training and support to help them cascade learning within their service.

For more information about Fostering Wellbeing email us or ring 02920 440940.

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Objectives of the programme

Fostering Wellbeing aims to improve the wellbeing outcomes for care experienced children in Wales. It is designed for professionals working with children who are looked after. Specifically, the programme aims to help professionals:

identify and share the core values and principles which help children and young people who are looked after to thrive
become confident in a shared and consistent approach to meeting the needs of children and young people who are looked after
be active advocates for the children and young people for whom they have a responsibility, be it individual or corporate.