Sentences with phrase «allegations against foster»

Of course, in some rare cases, the allegations against foster carers are found to be true.

On this Fostering Focus Day, you can learn more about allegations against foster carers and how to offer support.

In the summer of 2015, FosterTalk commissioned a research study into the impact of allegations against foster carers and their families, which was jointly funded by the Sir Halley Stewart trust and conducted by the Rees Centre at Oxford University.

When allegations against foster carers arise, legally, an investigation must be launched to ensure the safety of the child in question.

In this close and often delicate environment, allegations against foster carers can be made at any time and for any number of reasons.

Allegations against foster carers are made for a number of reasons.

Not exact matches

Examples of recent cases include successfully defending a mother against allegations she had smothered and killed two of her children and applying for a reporting restriction order in the same case, defending parents in several cases where they were alleged to have caused death by shaking, defending a mother in a case where she was alleged to have caused multiple fractures, representing the local authority in a case where foster parents wished to prevent an adoption, representing a father in proceedings following an informal surrogacy arrangement, and representing a father who was alleged to have tampered with life - preserving equipment being used by his infant daughter.

For more information about how we support foster carers who have had a complaint or allegation made against them click here.

This study looked at the case records of almost 200 foster carers who had had unfounded allegations made against them, and carried out interviews with a sample of those foster carers, their supervising social workers and managers.

details of any allegations made against the foster carer or their household members (see guidance paragraph 3.78 and 3.79 Children Act Volume 4: Fostering Services) and

When carrying out an investigation into allegations of abuse against a foster child, the local authority has a legal duty to consider the welfare of any other children in the household — including the foster carer's own children.

Being interviewed by the police can be a distressing and frightening experience for foster carers as until this point they are usually unaware of the nature of the allegation held against them.

Approximately 2,500 allegations of abuse are made against foster carers annually in the UK.