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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

Gym Foster Care Blog

Blog James (name changed) and I were looking holidays for this summer. I’d love to take him abroad but he doesn’t have a passport and I can’t see his Mum providing the documentation needed to obtain one. So we’ve been

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Fosterman Foster Carer and James Blog

Eyes Rolling Blog

Blog After a busy and rather emotional week I thought we would have a quiet peaceful week, but I was mistaken. James (name changed) had been invited to a party at a friend’s house on Saturday night and James wanted

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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

Easter eggs

Tuesday 5th April There are some weeks when all medical appointments for Alice seem to come together! Today we have had to visit the GP surgery, because Alice has had an infection in her urine. Unfortunately her infection seems to

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

Fostering Blog | Holidays

Thursday’s Fostering Blog We are fast approaching half term. It has been one of those half terms that has felt like it has gone on forever, but now we are approaching the break it somehow seems to have gone fast.

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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.

Fostering decisions

Helen’s Fostering Blog Shall we foster? My Stepdaughter needed to be a big part of our discussions and ultimately our decision as to whether we fostered. One of the things myself and my husband were very conscious about was that

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Skills to Foster Training

Helen’s Fostering Blogs Skills to Foster Training Prior to being approved as Foster Carers George and I attended a two-day Skills to Foster Training.  Skills to Foster is a pre-approval training course and its aim is to provide prospective Foster

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