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  Coronavirus (Covid-19) - our influencing activity

  … been on the below topics. We have also gathered evidence about children in foster care's experiences of education … their families are exposed to multiple households in their fostering role which increases the risk of contracting the … 2021:  We are delighted that in Northern Ireland , all foster carers (which includes kinship carers) are …

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  Covid-19 FAQs by fostering services

  … under regular review. Services should ensure the safety of all involved and fulfil a ‘duty of care’ to the foster family … Where the usual approaches are not currently available, fostering services should look to pro-actively work with … a decision regarding suitability. You can read more about this in our briefing on the Adoption and Children …

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  Fosterline Wales factsheets and briefing papers

  … of Directors of Social Services (ADSS) Cymru and All Wales Heads of Children’s Services (AWHoCS). The national … basics of attachment theory, look at its importance to the fostering task, explore the concept of blocked care, … rights, to be represented and to participate in decisions about their own lives.  This factsheet outlines what advocacy …

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  President's Award winners - past and present

  … Way is Essex and hit podcast The Brights, was awarded The Fostering Network’s President’s Award for her exceptional … think of a better foster carer than my mum. She has all the right ingredients and goes above and beyond for the … to a Men Who Care book, challenging perceptions about male foster carers, and uses his role as a school …

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  Fostering Excellence Awards 2022

  … of their own. They are skilled at managing the needs of all their young people, ensuring they all have opportunities … Ounoughi and Khaled Ounoughi  Kahina and Khaled have been fostering for five years. They had three children of their … Khaled are a shining example of what foster care is all about. Not only are they outstanding foster carers to the …

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• Blog entry
  Attracting and Keeping Carers - May 2015

  … Many of you have already been out and about taking pictures with the My Connection to Fostering placards and meeting local businesses to get behind … honest but positive and inspirational stories we should all be sharing during Foster Care Fortnight™, 1 to 14 June .  …

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  Attracting and Keeping Carers - April 2015

  … Care Part II , we also launched our second Local Authority Fostering Service benchmark report . The latest report, … to approval. The report contains some key questions for all fostering services to consider. March also brought to an … events or on stands or stalls to engage people in thinking about what fostering means to them, and how they are …

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  Attracting and Keeping Carers - September 2013

  … This though is the time of a year when a number of fostering services run campaigns to get the newly empty … any knowledge overlap… I’ve had a few enquiries recently about recruiting in small BME communities, so this months IN … the UK and abroad, bringing looked-after children from all backgrounds together to take part in a fun activity. …

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

  … the second most common reason why foster carers call The Fostering Network’s helplines asking for advice around … from the review’s final report.   ‘I worry most days about allegations and I have seen the devastating effects … able to support you through what is a distressing time for all.  Also included in The Fostering Network membership is …

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  Attracting and Keeping Carers - September 2014

  … under fire for its reference to finances available for fostering. What do you think about publicising finances available to foster in campaigns? … placed in B&B accommodation for 28 days or more. While not all children will wish to ‘stay put’ it will be interesting …

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• News Story
  London’s children in foster care to receive educational boost

  … The launch of London Fostering Achievement, an innovative new programme delivered … The Fostering Network in partnership with Achievement for All aimed at improving educational outcomes for children in … how the programme will move forward. We’re very excited about this work, and very optimistic that we can support …

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  Call for increased flexibility for foster carers combining fostering and work

  … The Fostering Network is calling on fostering services and … service and their employer), shares their opinions about combining fostering with other work and identifies what … services can do to make this work successfully for all involved.   “Moreover, where foster carers are told that …

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  Five ways the new Children’s Minister can help improve foster care

  … We hope that the Minister will set an example by speaking about and treating foster carers as key members of the childcare team. We would like to see her encourage all fostering services in England to adopt and properly implement …

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