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  Fostering Attainment and Achievement

  … About Fostering Attainment and Achievement  Improving the … Attainment and Achievement of Looked After Children in Foster Care in Northern Ireland (Fostering Attainment and … help them engage with the education system. A helpline for all your educational queries and concerns. One to one support …

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  Our work in Scotland

  … as well as our latest recruitment targets , or read more about fostering legislation in Scotland . We are grateful to the … Thanks to funding from the National Lottery’s Awards for All programme we have created a series of six themed booklets …

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  Learning and development

  … child sexual exploitation, the asylum system and so on. All of this means that foster carers must be very skilled and … given that some work outside of the home in addition to fostering, and all have child care responsibilities.   The … care.   If you want to get in touch with our policy team about anything from this page please email …

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  Staying Put – your questions answered

  … that local authorities should provide to young people. The Fostering Network was closely involved in assisting with … so that foster carers can make informed decisions about whether they can offer this. The intention from central … to foster, as well as having financial implications for all involved. Where an IFP has a continuing role in …

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  Head, Heart, Hands January 2015

  … The foster carer became more open and understood more about themselves and the dilemmas they were experiencing. … foster carer’s careful reflection on the impact of fostering led to her becoming clearer about her family’s … above but we think with a bit more work he could achieve all Bs and some As or even A*s. We have five months to go! …

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  Attracting and Keeping Carers - July 2015

  … to use these to ‘make a connection’ with new audiences. Fostering Service Benchmark released The Fostering Service … positives, but it is a feel good introduction to what we all hope foster care can provide. The film is a worthwhile … have all sorts of buds and branches – family isn’t just about DNA. Across our city children need families who will …

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  Attracting and Keeping Carers - January 2015

  … most energised and open to consider new things, and many fostering services have sought to tap into this over the past … fostering. Be consistent, positive and enthusiastic about the many benefits fostering can bring. Middlesbrough … with the dogs. They’d never had wellies before and spent all afternoon jumping in puddles. Or when we took them …

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  Unaccompanied asylum seeking children - the Refugee Council

  … system, unaccompanied children are likely to feel upset about their experiences, disorientated and anxious about … a new family and uncertain about what their future holds. All children are individuals and of course we should avoid … care. Judith has a long standing relationship with The Fostering Network and most recently helped us compile a …

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  Fostering Better Outcomes: A message to foster carers from our chief executive

  … aware, last week the Westminster Government published its Fostering Better Outcomes report. This report laid out the … Outcomes report was one of disappointment – we wrote about how the report glosses over the primary issues facing … that this was what the stocktake would be doing – after all, what is the point of taking more than a year to review …

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• News Story
  The Fostering Network welcomes education committee report

  … In response to today’s report on fostering in England by the House of Commons education … Network’s recommendations, including the need for all foster carers to be given an allowance that fully covers … the need for foster carers to be given more information about children and the drive for better matching, stronger …

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  Foster Care Fortnight launched in Northern Ireland

  … Foster carers and staff from all fostering providers in Northern Ireland came together for … public who have come along this afternoon to find out more about fostering and have opened their heart to the idea of …

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  Education programme to boost aspirations and achievement for London’s fostered children

  … across the capital has been launched by charity the Fostering Network, working in partnership with Achievement for All 3As. London Fostering Achievement is funded by the Mayor … engineering and maths (STEM) subjects. Further information about the London Schools Excellence Fund is on the website …

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