Has anyone logged on to the Manchester Fostering Community Care Children’s Services Blog? It’s full of interesting observations/ articles about topical issues affecting the provision of good quality fostering and foster carer services for children. Highly recommended!
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/childrens-services-blog/
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Interesting article in Community Care Fostering Manchester today regarding support for existing foster carers and those in fostering. You can read the whole article here http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/childrens-services-blog/2013/04/existing-foster-carers-need-to-be-supported-before-we-can-recruit-more.html
Manchester Fostering Community Care will be holding an event on 23 April 2013 to discuss the ways in which foster carers and those in fostering can be better supported to manage the increasingly challenging behaviours of some of the children coming into foster care as a result of Local Authority fostering budget cuts and how to improve the retention […]
Voice is an independent national charity committed to empowering children and young people in foster care (Manchester) and in need and campaigning for lasting change to improve their lives. They have been supporting foster children and young people since 1975 and have a great website with a dedicated foster care’ zone. A brilliant source […]
The British Association of Adoption and Fostering’s new publication: ‘Recipes for Fostering’ is now available and contains, along with some great recipes, a number of heartwarming stories inspired by foster carers’ experiences of building relationships with their foster children through shopping, cooking and eating.
Read Jackie and Alan’s story at http://www.baaf.org.uk/blog/recipes-fostering
As the Manchester Fostering Network launch an innovative new model of supporting children in foster care:, Children’s minister Edward Timpson describes foster carers as ‘the unsung heroes of the care system’ and praises the great work they undertake in caring for vulnerable children and young people. Great to hear of foster carers receiving much deserved recognition.
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According to a Preston based Fostering charity it is estimated that one in 12 young people have self-harmed at some point in their lives, according to Preston Fostering charity YouthNet. Although this article recognises the need for Fostering social workers to undergo more training on dealing with self harming behaviour, some thought should surely be given […]
Having to be a heterosexual married couple to be eligible to foster is a common misconception people hold. As our FAQ section demonstrates this is not the case and same sex couples are being encouraged to come forward as foster carers . BBC news Leeds have a great story about the positive experiences of a same sex / gay foster carer […]
Adoption is not suitable for all youngsters in care, and should not be seen as the only way of giving youngsters in care a permanent home, according to a new report by the House of Lords Committee on Adoption Legislation. An interesting article in the Evening Standard looks more closely at the reports’ recommendations. […]