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Transfer protocols
… the ethos of child-centred care planning and child-centred
decision
making in fostering and that financial factors alone … be read and used together and are designed to inform
decision
making and practice across the fostering sector. … a foster carer decides to change fostering provider, the
decision
about whether any existing placement can or should …
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Children Missing from Care
… differently to their peers who are not looked after. Any
decision
to involve the police by reporting a child as … discretion, depending on the individual circumstances. A
decision
to report a child as missing, must always be … to missing occurrences and are confident in their
decision
making, together with a Missing Children Escalation …
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Long-term fostering in England
… To ensure that the requirements have been met, the
decision
to make a particular long-term foster placement must … carer clear reasons in writing, and also communicate the
decision
to the child as appropriate to their age and … appropriate to their age and understanding) in reaching a
decision
about whether or not to hold a meeting as part of …
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Principles of good practice
… Best interests – the young person is at the centre of
decision
making about staying put. Support – the arrangement … of care and this should be reflected in care planning and
decision
making where it is the care plan for the young …
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Blog entry
Government response to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care – initial thoughts from The Fostering Network
… retention activity over the next two years. Family group
decision
making and independent advocacy: Over half of the … to our survey thought the proposals around family group
decision
making would make a positive difference to children. … have announced plans to test how to implement family group
decision
-making and Family Network Support Packages. As part …
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Campaigns update February 2018
… autumn of 2017 we led a successful campaign to reverse the
decision
to exclude fostered children in England from the … 2017. We are delighted that we were able to persuade
decision
makers to reconsider this unfair exclusion, the …
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A great success, but there's so much more to do
… We were baffled by the
decision
to exclude fostered children from the 15 additional … that the Department for Education was reversing its
decision
. Great news which shows the power of campaigning. …
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Caring for a child with special needs - Sara's story
… Sara, from Lichfield, and her family had to make this
decision
several years ago when they became foster carers. … of fostering we can honestly say we haven't regretted our
decision
once. 'Of course there has been days where we just …
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Foster carers’ feedback on the children’s social care review in England
… and will cover this in a separate blog. Family group
decision
making and independent advocacy: Over half of the … to our survey thought the proposals around family group
decision
making would make a positive difference to children. …
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News Story
Pioneering foster carers lead the way
… can help fostering services understand why people make the
decision
to care for other children. This in turn can help … right or wrong. Being treated fairly and being involved in
decision
making are very important to pioneers. This … service, while money was not an important factor in the
decision
to foster for almost half of new foster carers. You …
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