Over 8,500 foster carers required in UK to meet demand
More than 8,500 foster carers are required across the UK next year, The Fostering Network has warned. Taking into consideration factors such as the percentage of the foster carer workforce…
Category Archives: Fostering
Foster carers to sue Surrey Council over Parsons Green bomber
A couple who have been foster carers for 47 years are taking legal action against Surrey Council after they placed a child with the couple who made a bomb and…
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…
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…
