News articles relating to our fostering support services that WillisPalmer operates nationwide through a diverse team of around 300 qualified social workers, all of whom have a minimum of seven years post-qualifying experience; 20 years on average.
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 officially go by that name anymore: our children are called ‘LACs’ or ‘Looked after Children'.
And boy, are they looked after — at the last count our [...]
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 many other children, unfortunately, didn't feel his experiences were positive ones. After moving from foster home to foster home, living in children's homes and in and [...]
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 from Sheffield’s Children In Care Council have created the snakes and ladders style game to support social workers, foster carers and residential staff to think about [...]
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 out by Sir Martin Narey and Mark Owers, found that “despite the commendable commitment of some individuals, we saw little to recommend the [...]
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 approved fostering households at 31 March 2017, which is a 1% decrease from March 2016 when there were 44,320 approved households. The overall number has [...]
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 focus has been praised. The Fostering Network said: “We are pleased to see that the stocktake has made recommendations that pick up [...]
