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Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents
Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To…
There are many types of foster care. The application process is the same…
All foster parents receive a foster care allowance to cover the cost of…
The process starts when you apply to become a foster parent and finishes…
Before you can foster a child you must pass an assessment by a social…
The fostering service will contact you to tell you the result of your…
Support for foster carers, including financial help, tax arrangements, how to make decisions for your foster child, claiming benefit while fostering, and other help.
You need to complete the training, support, and development standards…
All foster parents get a foster care allowance to help cover the cost of…
You should have registered as self-employed when you started to foster.…
Being a foster parent can affect your benefits. Check a benefits…
Your foster child’s placement plan should tell you what decisions you can…
You should get support from your fostering service, your local council and…
A summary of what attending a review panel is like and the documents that you can submit to the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM).
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in an independent fostering agency.
Application form to request information that we hold on individuals.
Government response to the Foster Care in England report and the Education Select Committee’s inquiry into fostering.
Ofsted has today published results of a survey asking children, learners, parents, foster carers, social workers and other professionals about their experiences of children’s social care.
Form for family and friends foster carers to fill in to prove that they meet the training, support and development standards.
A summary for caseworkers and line managers of what attending an IRM review panel is like, including the documents you’ll need to submit.
Nutrition promotion messages
How to run research sessions with vulnerable participants.
How you can ask for an independent review if you disagree with an adoption agency’s or fostering service provider’s qualifying determination letter.
Guidance for local authorities on the national minimum standards for providing fostering services.
Children and Young People’s Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health National Support Team.
What happens when a child is taken into care - who is responsible for what, care proceedings, care orders, going to court and the role of Cafcass
Further analysis of the recruitment and retention of carers in mainstream fostering, as at 31 March 2023.
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