Have you been thinking providing foster care – that you would like to make a real difference to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people? To play a key role in their upbringing and keep them safe from harm? If the answer is yes on both counts, then you can consider making that all […]
Bob, a foster carer, writes… It’s unforgettable…that moment when you accept your first foster placement. All the training has prepared you for this, yet there’s no way of knowing exactly how things will work out. Loads of encouraging words from friends and family…all telling you what a great thing it is you are doing. That’s […]
It has been reported by The Fostering Network that this year in the UK, every 20 minutes a child is taken into care and then needs a foster family. A proportion of these will be children with disabilities and special needs. Sadly, these can be the hardest children for local authorities to place in foster […]
Past research has indicated that foster carers can often feel the same level of concern and care for the children they foster as they do for their own children. It is not uncommon for them to have quite overwhelming feeling of loss when a child or young person moves on. It is not just their […]
Children in foster care today inhabit a world of social media unimaginable only a few years ago. Can they be expected to cope with it, when we adults are as prone to its potential for manipulation as we fear our young people maybe? And we definitely are – with results that are only now becoming […]
