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  A review of 2019

  … TM is our annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and show how foster care transforms lives. The … your doorstep – it’s completely up to you. Find out more about the ways to fundraise . Films Pandora Christie Heart FM … cheese and wine tasting evenings or a community BBQ are all great way to raise awareness of fostering in your local …

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  Staying Put

  … not consistent with the welfare of the young person. The Fostering Network has produced guidance which aims to provide a framework of best practice to assist all parties in the implementation of staying put. The … support, will be offered so that they can make a decision about whether they can offer a staying put arrangement? Local …

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  Recruitment and retention resources

  … template Created by the Department for Education and The Fostering Network, the needs analysis template is the starting point for all fostering services to inform a recruitment and retention … the guide in English and Welsh here.  Resources to buy All About Fostering All About Fostering is a vibrant and useful …

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  Long-term foster care and permanence

  … The expression “long-term foster care” is not purely about the length of time, but rather refers to the care plan … the care plan for the child is to remain in a specific fostering placement, usually until reaching adulthood and … be ended unless a case review has been held and views of all concerned have been taken into account. This includes the …

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  Coronavirus (Covid-19) - support for fostering services

  … This page was last updated on 17.12.21 How The Fostering Network can help During this time of uncertainty due to coronavirus, all our  helplines  will remain open as usual for any … asked questions by fostering services   Read more about our  policy  and  campaigns  work during the …

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• Blog entry
  Stable Homes Built on Love - One Year Later

  … we warmly welcomed the strategy’s commitments which put fostering at the heart of the children’s social care system … is still a lot more investment required to ensure that all care experienced children and young people can be … be empowered to take appropriate and timely decisions about the children in their care. The updated guidance or …

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  Foster carer views on the England care review – what was missing?

  … Some are paid for the work that they do, others are not. All are supervised, work within a tight regulatory framework … yet they currently have ambiguous employment status. The Fostering Network agrees with the Education Select Committee … This survey has shown yet again that you are concerned about allowances, with 67 per cent of foster carers saying …

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  Attracting and Keeping Carers - November 2013

  … who have had a difficult start in life, a role we should all celebrate. LA and IFP join forces Parallel to our own … Independently of this project, Doncaster Council and Fostering People have joined forces to benefit prospective … address some of the concerns of prospective foster carers about the impact of fostering on the wider family.   From …

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  Resilience in foster carers

  … I have been working in fostering for over 20 years and have spent the last 10 years … it in the way that it was requested. Then in March 2020 we all entered into our first Covid lockdown. This was a time of … (and other services across the country) had to think about how to ensure that children were kept safe and their …

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  Campaigns update February 2018

  … responses to eight consultations related to foster care, all supported with evidence from our foster carer members. … the spotlight on foster care Following calls from The Fostering Network, the Education Committee carried out an … for foster care locally. As ever if you have any questions about our campaigns work, please do get in touch .   …

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• News Story
  Some calm reflections after a turbulent week

  … From Kevin Williams, chief executive of The Fostering Network: Now the furore from this week’s … the main controversies arising from this week’s story is about how it is decided which foster family a child will live … who can best meet their particular needs. The thing that all foster carers have in common is a desire to offer …

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  Individualised transition back to school needed for children in foster care

  … The UK’s leading fostering charity has today published a report calling for … reported having had no individual contact from schools about the child in their care.  As well as raising concerns … to promote and enhance learning, need to fully engage with all the children they are responsible for to ensure a …

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  Vital contribution of tens of thousands of foster families across the UK highlighted during coronavirus

  … ongoing during the coronavirus outbreak. The UK’s leading fostering charity, The Fostering Network, is using this … crisis that has affected every one of us and impacted all aspects of our society. Despite the practical and … go to thefosteringnetwork.org.uk/fcf20 .  For information about becoming a foster carer please visit …

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