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To read this article by FosterTalk's «FISS» (Foster Carers Independent Support Service) Manager, Adrian Vaughan, please click here.

Foster Talk works with fostering services to provide independent support to foster carers through our Foster Carers Independent Support Service (FISS).

Not exact matches

We provide support to foster carers through independent, confidential advice and information and by advocating for the needs of foster carers throughout the sector, to improve outcomes for foster carers and the children and young people in their care.

We provide support to foster carers through independent, confidential advice and information and by advocating for the needs of foster carers throughout the sector, to improve outcomes for foster carers and the children and young people in their care.

The Council for Disabled Children will receive # 15 million to help fund the independent supporters service, and a further # 2.3 will go to Parent Carer Forums, which bring parents together to provide support and advice for families.

We provide support to foster carers through independent, confidential advice and information and by advocating for the needs of foster carers throughout the sector, to improve outcomes for foster carers and the children and young people in their care.

We provide support to foster carers through independent, confidential advice and information and by advocating for the needs of foster carers throughout the sector, to improve outcomes for foster carers and the children and young people in their care.

The Independent: Kinship carers: Overwhelming public backing for improved rights and support for those who take full - time custody of their grandchildren or siblings, 15 March 2015

This case study describes how a consortium of voluntary sector organisations worked in partnership with the local authority in Bromley to deliver the Independent Support Service with a clear focus on providing support and guidance to parents / carers and young people going through the Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan pSupport Service with a clear focus on providing support and guidance to parents / carers and young people going through the Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan psupport and guidance to parents / carers and young people going through the Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan process.

Cornwall SENDIASS, Independent Support and the Parent Carer Council for Cornwall have a close working relationship, with seamless referrals between services and the manager of Parent Carer Council for Cornwall acting as lead Independent Supporter for the Independent Support Service also delivered by Disability Cornwall.

This case study illustrates how Sunderland Carers Centre (the provider of Independent Support in Sunderland) has built on existing relationships with the local authority, the local NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, the Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Disability Parent Carer Forum, and the SEN Parent Partnership Service (now the SEN and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service - SENDIASS).

They need lots of support from their parents and carers, as they move between being independent and needing support and comfort.

The recommendations include: recognition that support needs for carers of non-looked after children are often the same as when the children are looked after; improved respite care; improved practical and emotional support, including counselling, for carers and children; assistance with maintaining or establishing support groups; training for practitioners working with kinship carers; access to clear and easy information and independent advice; and no barriers to family and friends care if it is in the best interests of the child.

Even the most experienced of foster carers face new challenges and need support and independent advice from time to time.

Fostering services: National Minimum Standards NMS 22.12 states: «During an investigation the fostering service makes support, which is independent of the fostering service, available to the person subject to the allegation and, where this is a foster carer, to their household, in order to provide: Information and advice about the process Emotional support, and If needed, mediation between the foster carer and the fostering service and / or advocacy (including attendance at meetings and panel hearings)»

National Minimum Standards seek to ensure that carers are provided with independent support throughout the process of the investigation and in dealing with the aftermath.

«During an investigation the fostering service makes support, which is independent of the fostering service, available to the person subject to the allegation and, where this is a foster carer, to their household, in order to provide:

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FosterTalk is a not - for - profit leading provider of independent support for foster carers in the UK.

personal development to achieve accreditation for specific pieces of work (through AQA), supporting independent living also enabling parents / carers to build confidence in their young people's abilities as they move towards adulthood.

FosterTalk will use the research to raise awareness of the need for better, high quality independent support for foster carers, with the DfE and with fostering services throughout the UK.

I can't see how being supported by another Foster Carer from the same organisation is completely independent.

Two of the volunteers, Adrian Vaughan and Sarah Collett work for FosterTalk in Bromsgrove, a not for profit provider of independent support for foster carers in the UK.

It is considered best practice to provide independent support to foster carers with allegations; we can provide telephone and e-mail advice as well as face to face support at meetings for any foster carer facing an allegation or complaint.

I wondered what experience Foster Carers have had in relation to accessing Independent Support, what this support has been like and what they would say to other Foster Carers who may benefit froSupport, what this support has been like and what they would say to other Foster Carers who may benefit frosupport has been like and what they would say to other Foster Carers who may benefit from this?

I'm aware that some agencies / IFAs are still providing «peer group» support from fellow Foster Carers and that some foster carers have serious concerns re whether this support is «independent» along with other concerns about confidentiCarers and that some foster carers have serious concerns re whether this support is «independent» along with other concerns about confidenticarers have serious concerns re whether this support is «independent» along with other concerns about confidentiality.

«Just being able to talk to someone independent who clarified the process of an investigation for me was a huge support» foster carer

We listen to our partners and work closely with them to provide foster carers with a joined up approach between the agency they work for and the independent support they receive in FosterTalk.

Fosterline fulfils a clear need for an independent, impartial advice and support service to enhance the services offered by LAs and IFAs to foster carers and assist government in the important role of the recruitment and retention of foster carers.

FISS will deliver a cost effective solution in assisting Fostering Service Providers to provide their carers with independent support during difficult situations.

National Minimum Standards and Best Practice Guidance seek to ensure that foster carers are provided with independent support throughout the process of the investigation and in dealing with the aftermath.

Fosterline is funded by the Department for Education to provide independent advice, information and support to foster carers and prospective foster carers in England.

Minimum requirements for the role are a CQSW / DipSW, or being an approved foster carer / adopter, together with experience of assessment, training and support of foster carers and experience of working within a local authority and / or independent fostering agency fostering service.

National Minimum Standards state that foster carers who are under investigation should be provided with support that is independent of their fostering service, to help them through the process.

We provide support to foster carers through independent, confidential advice and information and by advocating for the needs of foster carers throughout the sector, to improve outcomes for foster carers and the children and young people in their care.