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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…
Kevin Foster was Minster of State at the Department for Transport from 7 September 2022 to 26 October 2022. Kevin Foster was first elected for the Torbay constituency in May 2015. Mr Foster served on the Public Accounts Committee and...
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…
Abattoirs in the Pig Carcase Grading Scheme must abide by the regulations for dressing, weighing, grading and marking carcases.
Resources to support the commissioning and delivery of tier 2 behavioural weight management services for children, families and adults.
Guidance and a suggested template for local authorities and independent fostering agencies to use when sending fostering data to Ofsted.
Beef abattoirs must dress, categorise, classify, weigh and label carcases according to regulations, and communicate results to suppliers.
This is a prospective study from southwestern Ethiopia
Forms for different types of foster carer to fill in to show that they provide the required standard of care.
Insights from new evidence on the relationship between excess weight and coronavirus (COVID-19).
Statistics on the number of notifications of private fostering arrangements in England in 2010 to 2015.
A resource to support local authorities, NHS commissioners and providers, voluntary and community sector organisations to take action to reduce obesity.
Apply to foster a child through the social services department of your local council
Leaving foster or local council care - support from your council, review meetings and financial help
Outlining the shared commitment of professional organisations working together to support the public health workforce to have healthier weight conversations.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in an independent fostering agency.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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