Fostering News Blog

Simply Fostering News September 2015 Asylum – Refugee Crisis – Kent The rise in the number of refugees and children asylum seekers are putting social services in Kent under strain and struggling to cope. Numbers of young, unaccompanied minors have more

Screen and Prevent Preventative services for Foster Carers A study by Cathrine Mihalopoulos and colleagues found that screening children who appeared inhibited at pre-school and offering their parents a focussed package to help them, prevented the children’s inhibition developing into

Foster children Brenda McLackland, Consultant Clinical Psychologist Balancing nurture and discipline Many times I’ve heard potential foster carers express their excitement at welcoming a child into their home, to love them and spoil them and to make up for their past

Are we getting the transitions right? I’d be interested to hear what both foster carers and adopters think about this question. There is usually a range of opinionsabout moving a child from foster care to adoption. These range from; do

Psychological input: stigma or status symbol I’m not immune to the stigma that still exists in coming to see a Clinical Psychologist but to me it now seems a bit last century. I wish as a society we could acknowledge

Fostering new languages More than 300 different languages are spoken by children in schools in London, making it the most diverse city in the world. English is the most common language spoken but for more than a third of children

Respite Fostering Pros and Cons Respite care is a service for families and children who are struggling and who need a break. This involves a child or children going to stay with foster carers or other care providers for a

Simply Fostering News April 2015 New Fostering Programme Leeds City Council has been chosen by the Fostering Network to overhaul the way in which it delivers foster care, by adopting a new programme called Mockingbird Family Model. This new approach

News – Simply Fostering – January – 2015 More Asian Families Needed to Foster in Teeside A foster carer from Teeside has spoken out about the need for more Asian families to consider becoming foster carers. Rasub Afzal, a father

Changes to number of social worker visits The Department for Education has set out a change to the number of visits social workers will be required to make to children in long term foster care. It is one of a

The Sons and Daughters Award The Fostering Network Charity has presented an award to a boy from Houghton Regis as part of the Fostering Excellence Awards. Stephan Clarke, 12, was recognised for his role within a fostering family. Stephan spoke

A New Foster a Teenager Campaign Teenage Kicks Fostering Campaign – Launched on 25th October 2014. A new Teenage Kicks campaign (www.fosteringindoncaster.org/blog) has been launched by Doncaster Children’s Services Trust in partnership with Doncaster Rovers. The campaign hopes to raise awareness of