Sentences with phrase «supported as a foster carer»

If you're caring for a «looked after child» you must be assessed, paid and supported as a foster carer.

Not exact matches

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We have 16 local teams across England who train and support people every day to fulfil their role as a foster carer.

We have 16 local teams across England who train and support people every day to fulfil their role as a foster carer.

About Blog As one of the most experienced fostering agencies, we fully support our foster carers to help provide the highest quality placements for foster children and young people.

If a social worker was involved in making the arrangement then legally this may in fact be a placement of a «looked after child», in which case you will need to be assessed, paid and supported as a local authority foster carer.

Without a foster carer assessment taking place, a child going to live with a relative may be regarded by the local authority as an informal kinship care arrangement and they may not support the child further despite the evidence of risk that led to the child leaving their parents.

All foster carers have to sign a foster carer agreement which clarifies their role and responsibilities as well as the support they will be given by the fostering service.

As an Accredited Foster Care and Adoption Agency, we can assist in all aspects of foster care and adoption, supporting foster carers and prospective adoptive parents to be able to act in the best interests of the child.

The Local Government Ombudsman has issued a report today which has found that a foster carer of a young vulnerable child was left without any support for six years as a result of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets wrongly failing to comply with its legal responsibilities.

The family and friends carers had more difficulties than the foster carers, such as poverty, overcrowding, ill health and low levels of social work support.

«Today only around 5 % of the 45,000 children, who are being brought up by their older brothers and sisters, are entitled to support because they are officially in care and their sibling carers are paid as foster carers.

In these circumstances, the relative becomes a family and friends foster carer and both child and carer are legally entitled to support, both financial and practical, such as priority admissions when moving school or assistance with managing contact with parents.

Financial support will still be available but will be different to what the carer received as a foster carer

The child is also entitled to support from an advocate and the IRO should provide information to the child or their foster carer as to how an advocate can be contacted.

Assessment, support, training and good matching will be especially important if you intend to foster as a single male carer, or as the main carer in a couple.

In England, all foster carers are required to complete the Training Support and Development Standards within 12 to 18 months of becoming approved as a foster carer.

Where a standard places an expectation on a foster carer, this should be interpreted as an expectation on their fostering service to support the foster carer to meet the standard.

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.

We understand the legal and regulatory framework within which foster carers work and, as such, can offer them the relevant foster carer support they need.

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As a foster carer you will need to be confident that you can support your child with their educational needs.

If foster carers are working then their working hours would need to be flexible, as you say Steve the needs of the child are paramount, where foster carers are working it is also really important to have a good support network that the children and young people know who can be assessed as back up carers should the need arise.

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We have 16 local teams across England who train and support people every day to fulfil their role as a foster carer.