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Therapeutic Fostering Blog

What is therapeutic fostering Blog? A therapeutic foster carer’s job is to learn about the child’s background and understand what has gone wrong. Once they have learnt this, they decide how best to support the child’s emotional and psychological development. Through...

Foster Care Insurance Blog

The importance of home insurance for foster carers Blog. It is not a requirement to have specialist home insurance, although it is strongly recommended. Most fostering agencies will expect you to inform your insurance company of your fostering role. It is recommended...

Fostering Blog | Asylum

Looking after Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) Blog. The UK is experiencing an influx of asylum seeking children. Many will be fleeing war or civil unrest and will enter the UK without their parents. Without a parent or guardian, the children enter the...

Fostering Goodbyes

Fostering – Saying Goodbye Blog. Most foster children move on from their foster families eventually. Either returning to their birth families or to another placement. This is to achieve a state of permanence. However, sometimes it will be because a placement...

Fostering children Blog

Fostering with children Blog. Becoming a foster carer will have a huge impact upon your family. Everyone in your household needs to be fully committed and comfortable with fostering. The decision should not be taken lightly.  It can often be difficult for the children...

Foster Carer’s Pay

Foster carers are still underpaid Blog. A study by the Fostering Network has discovered that only one in ten foster parents receive the national living wage for a 40-hour week. Only 58% receive a fee in addition to their allowance. All foster carers in the UK receive...