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Recent figures published by Ofsted show that significantly more foster carers have chosen to leave the role this year compared to the number of new joiners.
The annual Fostering in England statistics highlight the huge pressures currently facing foster care and the urgent need for new foster carers. Numbers are continuing to decline against a backdrop of record numbers of children in need of fostering families.
The UK’s leading fostering charity, The Fostering Network, has taken over the operation of Fosterline – a helpline which offers advice to existing and prospective foster carers in England.
As of 1 October 2023 The Fostering Network will run the service, which is commissioned by the Department for Education. The charity was awarded the two-year contract in July, taking over from current operators Foster Talk, who have run Fosterline for the past 10 years.
The Fostering Network, the UK’s leading fostering charity, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to deliver The Fosterline Service, commissioned by the Department for Education.
A pilot framework explaining how services should handle suspected missing children and young people cases has launched today. For the past two years, The Fostering Network has been a part of a national task and finish group, led by the National Police Chief’s Council, working to develop a new approach to reporting children who are thought to have gone missing from care.
Along with our partners at the Mortgage Brain, The Fostering Network is hosting a webinar for any foster carer who would like to learn more about the specifics of applying for a mortgage as a foster carer.
Understanding and applying for mortgages is difficult, and for foster carers this can be more difficult due to your self-employed status and issues surrounding income evidence.
For further information click link https://bit.ly/TFNmortgage
Following the publication of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in England in May 2022, the Government have released their long-awaited strategy for the reform of children’s social care: Stable Homes, Built on Love.
The UK’s leading fostering charity, The Fostering Network, have announced plans to carry out vital research into the retention and recruitment of foster carers in England to achieve a diverse and stable foster care workforce.
The research, supported by the KPMG Foundation and conducted by the Centre for Evidence and Implementation is currently underway.
