Edward Timpson, Minister of State for Vulnerable Children and Families, writes in Community Care about the amendments being made to the Children and Social Work Bill, which had its second reading in the House of Commons on 05 December 2016. For more information please click here. […]
Celebration of Light
At this time of year many religions of the world celebrate festivals of light. Light is portrayed as the avenger of darkness and the antithesis of evil. The symbolism of light over darkness relates to the purity, goodness and morality as positivity over negativity. There is hope in the light at the end of the […]
Be The Reason
Recruiting the right people to foster can be very time consuming and extremely costly. Ofsted figures show that less than half of the applications to foster result in approval. More foster carers are urgently needed for children in care, especially sibling groups, teenagers, children with disabilities and unaccompanied asylum seeking children. This is why I […]
HMRC help and support
The HMRC are offering help and support to you in January. Follow this link to book onto one of their webinars on Tax, National insurance, Organising Records and budgeting for payments. For more information click here. […]
Teenagers in Foster Care: a handbook for foster carers and those that support them
Teenagers in Foster Care: a handbook for foster carers and those that support them Rees Centre are delighted to announce that their handbook will be published in early January. It is aimed at foster carers and those who support them, for example their families, supervising social workers, children’s social workers, teachers, fostering providers and therapists. […]
Social work accreditation not set for full introduction until 2019
A proposed accreditation system for children’s social workers will not be fully introduced until 2019, with the arrangements initially being introduced voluntarily at 31 councils, the Department for Education has said. Details of the scheme, outlined in a consultation document published by the DfE, reveal that the “first phase of rollout” will take place between […]
Backless Booster Seats: The Facts – An update for Fostering Services and Foster Carers
You may have seen recent reports in the media about new regulations coming into place around the use of backless booster seats. Current regulations state that children must use a child car seat until they’re 12 years old or 135cm tall, whichever comes first. This is still the case today. The proposed changes to the […]
NEW! Foster Carer Recruitment Noticeboard
Fostering services in England can now advertise their foster carer recruitment events on Fosterline’s new national recruitment noticeboard. The national shortage of foster carers is well documented and recruiting the right people into fostering can be very costly and time consuming. Over the past year Fosterline has spoken to 68,500 people in England alone. With […]
Christmas in care
Whatever your origin, faith or background, Christmas is all around us. Christmas can be a difficult time for a lot of young people in care if everyone around is in the ‘spirit of things’ but they are not. When young people are taken into care they are removed from everything that is familiar to them: […]
Fostering in England Inquiry Launched
The Education Committee has launched an inquiry into fostering in England. Issues which will be addressed include: recruitment and retention of foster carers; stability of foster care placements; foster care for young people with specific or challenging needs and its relationship with residential care; the involvement of young people in their care. Submit your […]