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Fosterman

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Fosterman is a father and a fostercarer. He's fun loving and has ample of experience to provide any newbie carer with insight and know-how.

Fosterman Foster Carer and James Blog

Fosterman Blog | Boys n Bibs

Fostering Blog Diary The whole weekend was a bit of a whirlwind. Saturday was a Paige and James (name changed) day. Paige was dropped at mine about 11 and her dad came in for a cuppa and to wish James

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Fosterman Foster Carer and James Blog

Funding Foster Care Blog

Fosterman – A Blogging Foster Carer I received an email from James’ (name changed) Social Worker inviting me, my Link Worker and the Social Worker’s manager to a Zoom meeting on Wednesday afternoon. I accepted as I guessed that this

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Less Ordinary Family

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Harriet is a birth mum of two teenage daughters and a fostercarer to a disbled girl called Alice. With her husband, Charlie by her side, they navigate the waters of a less ordinary family lifestyle.

Fulltime Foster Carer - Harriet author of: A Less Ordinary Family

Fostering Blog | Tricky Alice

Fostering Blog Monday’s Blog Today Alice has been up to her old tricks again. She has gone “fishing” again. What we mean by this is that she is looking for a fight or a reaction – it’s like she has

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Fulltime Foster Carer - Harriet author of: A Less Ordinary Family

Fostering Blog | Lifting Alice

Thursday’s Fostering Blog It’s getting to that busy time of year as get nearer to Christmas. Our two birth children break up from school at the end of the second week of December. To me this is crazy – having

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Emma’s Fostering Days

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Emma’s Fostering days blog are by an experienced foster carer who gives you an honest and revealing insight into the ups and downs of foster care. A great resource for other carers and those interested in becoming carers.

Lovely language

Emma’s Fostering Blog. Dinner September – Charlie is 7 and I’m beginning to establish a good routine and boundaries, but I am finding the attention seeking, ‘in your face’ type behaviours difficult to ignore. He is constantly ?dgety and anxious,

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Fostering Holiday

Emma’s Fostering Blog Holiday With the New Year comes the thought about holidays. I always make sure I get a letter from the Social worker in plenty of time, arranging permission, getting paperwork signed; obtaining passports and overcoming any legal

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Helen's Fostering Journey

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Helen is new to Foster Carer. After along time thinking about taking the leap Helen and partner get stuck in with there first placement(s). Insight into their journey.

Contact | Blog

Helen’s Fostering Blogs Contact with their Mum and Dad Like many foster children Beth and Harry have contact with their family.  For Beth and Harry this means they spend 2 hours a month with their Mum. This contact is supervised

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Tough Life

Helen’s Fostering Blog Life can be tough sometimes So, our family holiday was booked over a year in advance and we would be joined by my stepdaughter, sister, her partner, my brother and his wife and two nephews. This was

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