5 Must Have Foster Carer Qualities Patience How long does it take to process trauma? How do you undo years and years of neglect and fear? There is no timeframe. Children will develop at their own speed. They simply need foster carers that will walk alongside them through the process and have realistic expectations as…
Expectations of Fostering When we made the decision to be respite foster carers we were full of expectations. 1. It will be wonderful 2. It will be hard 3. It will test us 4. We will know what to do 5. We won’t know what to do 6. They will be very frightened 7. Their…
As a contact supervisor I have witnessed many sad situations, especially at the times when children have to say a last goodbye to their birth parents before being placed for adoption. Although upsetting for all, I have to believe that the correct decision has been made and that the child’s best interest has always been…
We have been contacted by the BBC and asked if we can assist in identifying foster carer nominees who deserve to be recognised for their contribution to fostering. I promised to upload this to our blog section and to email it out to all of our contacts. Please do contact the BBC directly if you…
My First Two Week as Placement and Recruitment Assistant at UK Fostering – Rachel Lindfield During these first two weeks at UK Fostering, I have learnt a staggering amount about the agency, the foster carers and foster children currently supported by UK Fostering. My role revolves around the placement of children into foster families and…
Following our Facebook post yesterday and the responses we received we have collated the Top 5 free things to do with kids. (Inherently subjective we know) Forest walks Modern life is full of stressful situations for adults as well as for children: A report needs to be in by Wednesday, the coursework in by Tuesday,…
Keeping children safe from sexual exploitation Every year, thousands of children in the UK are forced or manipulated into sexual activity in a form of abuse called child sexual exploitation. It’s important for foster carers to know the signs to look for to help prevent a child in your care entering an unsafe relationship,…
Tainted Love Book Review + Book Signing information Stunningly moving and desperately sad. You’ll be puffing out your cheeks, shaking your head and pleading out loud “oh no please no” as you travel through each story. Tainted love is the follow up story to the…
There has been plenty of discussion in the media recently on the subject of holidays being considerably cheaper if taken during school term time and the fines being levied against parents for taking their children out of school. There is another group of families that also find themselves affected and have even less sway to…
Positivity is incredibly important in fostering. The life stories of the children entering the care system are often extremely sad. As social care staff or foster carers, reading these stories is something we do regularly. Dealing with the resultant feelings of anger, sadness, disgust and confusion is par for the course. It is from those…