Practical reading about the role, the relationships and the everyday moments that make up fostering.
Understanding exploitation, recognising changes and involving the people who can help.
The home safety check worries people far more than it needs to. Here is what actually gets looked at, room by room, and the small jobs most people end up doing before a child arrives.
A child who comes into your home keeps their own rights, from family time and advocacy to savings and support after 18. Here is what the law actually says, and what your part in it looks like.
Nearly three in ten children in care in England are from a minority ethnic background, and most are placed with carers whose background differs from theirs. Here is what that actually asks of you, from hair care and worship to what to do the first time a child faces racism.
A social worker rings in the afternoon and a 15 year old who arrived in the country last week needs somewhere to sleep tonight. Here is what fostering an unaccompanied asylum-seeking child actually involves, from the first evening to the asylum interviews, and what support you get.
Life story work helps a child understand why they came into care and who their family are. It is led by the child’s social worker, but foster carers hold the photographs, the certificates and the small things nobody else keeps. Here is how it works and what your part in it looks like.
Safer caring is the written plan for how your household runs, and it asks less of you than most people fear. Here is what actually goes in one, who writes it, and how it protects your family as well as the child.
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