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Assessing foster carers in the UK

Fostering Services Regulations 2002 prescribes the statutory framework for the assessment of prospective foster carers in the UK. Amongst the requirements of this regulation are the needs to obtain the information as to the prospective foster carer and... Read >

Fostering mothers and their babies

Parent and child foster care placements offer a home to a baby or young child together with its parent. The aim of this is to provide a safe, family based placement for parent and baby. It may be that a parent has not had a positive family life and po... Read >

Fostering contact for foster children

Contact is a major issue for foster children who often have confused feelings about their family and the reasons they are in care. Foster children usually want contact even if it is stressful. It is one of foster carers main role to support contact wh... Read >

Fostering standards

Workforce Development Council Everyone who wants to become a Foster carer has to undertake an assessment. The assessment is about exploring their individual skills and experiences which will be as varied as the children who need foster carers.   The... Read >

Fostering and ethnic minorities

Fostering and ethnic minorities Foster carers and all the professionals who work with children and their families from ethnic minorities need to be culturally sensitive to the social and economic stressors that black and ethnic minority families experie... Read >

Fostering abused children

Fostering children who have been sexually abused Fostering children who display sexualised behaviour is one of the most difficult tasks faced by foster carers. Most adults find it uncomfortable to talk about sex but for foster carers it can be a signi... Read >

Foster carers the best recruiters

The best recruiters? There is a minimum shortage of 5,000 foster carers in the UK today and in order to keep the fostering service buoyant, that figure needs to be doubled. Fostering is about caring for a child in your own home. For a whole variety of... Read >

Adoption or Fostering

Caring for other people's children Adoption Adoption is a legal process by which all parental rights and responsibilities are permanently transferred to the adoptive parents by a court. The child legally becomes part of the adoptive family, as if they h... Read >

Recruiting UK Foster Carers

At any one time there are approximately 80,000 children in care in the UK. It is generally accepted that there is a shortfall of 5000 new foster carers every year which compounds the growing problem of foster children being separated from their brothe... Read >

Fostering Opportunities

UK Fostering, changes for the better Last month the government missed yet another opportunity to make significant changes that would have better recognised and supported the service provided by foster carers to our most vulnerable children and young pe... Read >

Grandparents and Fostering grandchildren

Grandparents, their grandchildren and fosteringGrandparents have long been victims of family break-up, contact has been stopped with their grandchildren and they are often never considered in the decisions made by parents.A large number of grandparents ha... Read >

Working Together to Recruit Foster Carers

The problem - The chronic shortage of foster carers in the UK. There are many thousands of unsuccessful enquiries made to the 800 UK Fostering Providers annually. Simply Fostering estimate that 60% of people who express an interest in fostering, are not... Read >

Foster carers perspective

Annette has fostered eleven children Deciding to be a foster carer seven years ago turned out to be more work than I expected but on the other hand, the most rewarding thing I have done other than get married and have my own children. Fostering is for ... Read >

Contempory Foster Care in the UK

Who can foster children in the UK? People interested in becoming foster carers do not need any special qualifications to be a foster carer. It is their personal qualities which are most important and fostering agencies will support and prepare applican... Read >