Find out if you could be a foster carer
In a few simple questions, you’ll know if you’re suitable to apply to become a foster carer.
The National Fostering Agency Group has achieved the celebrated Investors In People Gold Standard Award.
Foster children want the same things in life as nearly all children: success at school, a good job, a happy family and children. School and education are very important to them as a first step to achieving these ambitions.
In my practice I am regularly asked the following question: What can I do to help my child? In the context of a child, adolescent and family psychology practice, the question is best understood as 'what can I do to promote my child’s wellbeing?'
In my practice one of the more common struggles reported by parents and caregivers is getting children off to sleep in their own bed. What follows is a simple method to address this issue that I often recommend, and that I used with my own children.
A recent study has shown that there are many commonly-held assumptions preventing people from seeking to become foster carers. With so many misunderstandings stopping people from applying, it is unlikely that the current shortfall in available carers will improve, so we would like to clear up some of the myths surrounding fostering.
Many foster children go on to be hugely successful in a whole range of careers. In fact, a number of famous stars have spent time in care or the foster system. Here are ten movers and shakers who were fostered or adopted before going on to take the world by storm.
In 2012 taking into account views of children, young people and foster carers Ofsted made improvements to their inspections of fostering services.
