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  Practice support

  … The Practice Support Team in England The Practice Support Team is the cornerstone of The … Network’s membership offer to fostering services in England, providing specialist practice support and expertise. … support and guidance to member organisations across England.  Each Practice Support Consultant has a wealth of …

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  Recruitment targets foster carers

  … Too often these children – an estimated one in five in England are placed more than 20 miles from home because a … Numbers of foster families needed across the UK   UK 6,500 England 5,400 Northern Ireland 400 Scotland 400 Wales 300 Regional breakdown in England   North East 370 North West 760 Yorkshire and the …

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  Caring for a young person aged 18+

  … now superseded this. As a result, local authorities in England and Scotland, and Wales from April 2016, have a duty … society. These arrangements are known as Staying Put in England, When I’m Ready in Wales and Continuing Care in … Mile. There are Care Leaver Covenants in place in both England and Scotland; although they have different objectives …

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  Coronavirus (Covid-19) government consultations (UK)

  … also gave oral evidence. The Education Select Committee in England 's inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on education … and young people . The Education Select Committee in England 's second inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on … system due to Covid-19:  The Department for Education in England 's consultation of changes to the adoption and …

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• Blog entry
  The Fostering Network calls for national leadership to solve the crisis in fostering

  … about the recruitment and retention of foster carers in England. I look forward to hearing the contributions from MPs … Will Quince MP, about his plans for foster care in England.  Recruitment and retention crisis in fostering  Our … crisis in fostering.   71 per cent of children in care in England live with foster carers, therefore it is vital we …

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  Campaigns update May 2016 - cuts, charters and Staying Put

  … is conducting an inquiry into children’s social care in England, and to inform our response to this we surveyed … a reply from Edward Timpson, the Children’s Minister in England, which you can read here . In  the letter the … our research into the implementation of Staying Put across England, and we would like to gain insight as to how well …

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  England projects helping in lockdown

  … four nations of the UK. Today (Friday) it’s the turn of England. The fostering community in England is huge – more than 56,000 children and young people … with our members. The Mockingbird Programme began in England in 2015-2016 with the aim of strengthening the …

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  Campaigns Blog November 2017

  … quoted by MPs at the latest oral evidence session of the England Education Committee’s fostering inquiry. It’s always … and email the Government’s fostering stocktake team in England to let them know that pay is a real issue for foster … latest campaign relates to the discriminatory policy in England, whereby fostered children are ineligible for the …

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  Campaigns Blog July 2017

  … may be of help. The election also saw the departure of England children’s minister Edward Timpson, who had been a … fostering services – local authority and independent – in England and Scotland. In Wales the charter implementation … framework is ready for launch. Check out the coverage in England on our map on the campaign page. If you would like a …

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• News Story
  Thousands of new foster families needed in 2014

  … groups. Around 38,000 of the young people in care in England are aged 10 or older, and over 2,000 children with … at home. Last year around 450 fostered sibling groups in England were separated, where the aim was for them to live … many fostering relationships break down as a result; in England alone there are over 4,000 unplanned endings of …

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  Have your say! 2024 State of the Nations’ Foster Care survey is now open

  … services.  1. £36 million investment into fostering in England   We used the evidence on shortages and how to best … to help tackle the major shortage of foster carers in England. Ten recruitment and retention clusters to increase … 3. Introduction of delegated authority by default in England  One third of foster carers said they were not always …

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  Benchmarks for foster carer recruitment and retention revealed

  … on the recruitment and retention of foster carers in England. The report Local Authority Fostering Services in England - performance benchmark report 2013/14 , has been … a significant challenge for fostering services throughout England. A skilled, competent and committed foster carer …

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• Events
  The development and progress of regional fostering recruitment support hubs

  … East ’ in September 2023.   Ofsted data  shows that in England, more mainstream foster carers stopped fostering than …

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