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It can be extremely worrying if a child or young person goes missing, or is not where they are expected to be. It can cause anxiety for foster carers and other supports until children and young people are found safe and well, and everyone will want to make sure they are found as quickly as possible.
The Fostering Network is holding a consultation with foster carers to inform our response to the recently published Independent Review of Children's Social Care in England.
The Government is yet to decide what their next steps will be, as they are considering the recommendations the review made. The purpose of the events is to hear the views and response of foster carers in England to the review’s recommendations. This will inform our response to the Government.
The Fostering Network are holding a consultation with foster carers to inform our response to the recently published Independent Review into Children's Social Care in England.
We want to hear the views and reflections of foster carers to inform our response to DfE before they respond to the review's recommendations by the end of the year.
We are holding two webinars on 27th June where we would like foster carers from across England to join.
Today sees the publication of the final report of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care in England. The report calls for £2.6bn to implement a ‘fundamental reset of the system to improve the quality of life for children, their families and those in care.’
We welcome the recommendations set out in the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) final report published yesterday that sets clearer expectations at a national, regional and local level in England, Scotland and Wales to ensure that all children in care are living in placements that meets all their needs.
The Fostering Network welcomes the report putting a clear focus on putting children’s voices at the heart of reform
This week the Children’s Commissioner for England has published a report detailing the responses from children in care and children in need to her ‘Big Ask’ survey conducted last year.
Today’s BBC report Children in care in England could hit almost 100,000 by 2025 is a stark warning about the need to recruit and retain more foster carers.
Kevin Williams, CEO of The Fostering Network, says: ‘Recruitment and retention of high quality foster carers who can meet the needs of children in care is one of the biggest challenges facing the fostering sector today.
Ofsted have today released their annual fostering in England statistics, highlighting that many vulnerable children are currently missing out on the care and support they need due to a lack of foster carers.
