The Big Question when you are a foster carer
Foster carer and journalist David Bocking on his experience of when foster children move on. When you’re telling your friends about your cute temporary infant, they all eventually ask about…
Category Archives: Fostering
The many joys of life as a foster carer
Foster carer, feature writer and photographer David Bocking talks about his experience fostering for Sheffield City Council. One of the first thing a Foster Carer learns is that foster children don’t…
Blog: Advocacy for Care Experienced Young People
A blog on advocacy for care experienced young people by Luke Rodgers. Luke Rodgers is the Director & Founder of Foster Focus, starting his life in care – he like…
Young people design tool to support foster care placements
Young people in Sheffield have created a board game to enable social workers, residential staff and foster carers to think about what makes a good foster care placement. Young people…
Government says IRO role will not be scrapped
The role of IRO (Independent Reviewing Officers) will not be scrapped as suggested in the national fostering stocktake which was published earlier this year. Foster Care in England Review, carried…
Snapshot: The Fostering Sector
The number of approved fostering households continues to decrease steadily, Ofsted has warned. In a release by the inspectorate looking at fostering between 2016-17, it emerged that there were 43,710…
Special Report: Reaction to the fostering stocktake
The fostering stocktake was recently published by Sir Martin Narey and Mark Owers. Need refreshing on the findings and recommendations? See Children First’s recent special report. Overall, the stocktake’s in-depth…
Expert’s Corner with Philip King
Clare Jerrom speaks to Philip King about his views on the fostering stocktake The recently published Fostering Stocktake appears to have divided opinion among the children’s services sector. While its…
Children’s leaders back plans to scrap IRO
Plans to allow local authorities to scrap the role of Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO) have been welcomed by children’s services leaders. The recently published Fostering Stocktake suggested that councils should…
Number of children ‘Staying Put’ falls
The number of children in foster care ‘Staying Put’ after their 18th birthday has reduced drastically last year. In 2015-16, 2,190 young people stayed with foster parents after turning 18….
