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1.About Us

  1. 1.0.1Using this HandbookSeptember 30, 2024
  2. 1.0.2Statement of PurposeSeptember 30, 2024
  3. 1.0.3Promoting Equality and DiversitySeptember 30, 2024
  4. 1.0.4Children's GuideSeptember 30, 2024
  5. 1.0.5Foster Carers' CharterSeptember 30, 2024

2.Being a Foster Carer

  1. 2.0.1What happens now I am approved?September 30, 2024
  2. 2.0.2Foster Care AgreementSeptember 30, 2024
  3. 2.0.3Developing a Safer Caring PlanSeptember 30, 2024
  4. 2.0.4Support and SupervisionSeptember 30, 2024
  5. 2.0.5Money Matters and InsuranceSeptember 30, 2024
  6. 2.0.6Support to your own ChildrenSeptember 30, 2024
  7. 2.0.7Reviewing my Approval and AppealsSeptember 30, 2024
  8. 2.0.8Training and DevelopmentSeptember 30, 2024
  9. 2.0.9Recording and Information SharingSeptember 30, 2024
  10. 2.0.10Significant Events and Notifications - When I need to tell other people about thingsSeptember 30, 2024
  11. 2.0.11Working with Families and other ProfessionalsSeptember 30, 2024
  12. 2.0.12Training, Support and Development (TSD) Standards for Foster CareSeptember 30, 2024

3.Safeguarding Everyone in our Household

  1. 3.0.1Safeguarding Children and Referring Safeguarding ConcernsSeptember 30, 2024
  2. 3.0.2What happens if an allegation is made against me or my family?September 30, 2024
  3. 3.0.3Complaints by and for ChildrenSeptember 30, 2024
  4. 3.0.4How can I make a Complaint against the Fostering Service?September 30, 2024
  5. 3.0.5WhistleblowingSeptember 30, 2024
  6. 3.0.6Missing ChildrenSeptember 30, 2024
  7. 3.0.7Internet, Photographs and Mobile PhonesSeptember 30, 2024
  8. 3.0.8BullyingSeptember 30, 2024
  9. 3.0.9Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)September 30, 2024
  10. 3.0.10Extremism and RadicalisationSeptember 30, 2024
  11. 3.0.11Self-Harm and Suicidal BehaviourSeptember 30, 2024
  12. 3.0.12Child Criminal Exploitation and County LinesSeptember 30, 2024
  13. 3.0.13Female Genital MutilationSeptember 30, 2024
  14. 3.0.14The Foster Home and Health and SafetySeptember 30, 2024

4.The Placement

  1. 4.0.1Types of Placement (including changes e.g. Adoption)September 30, 2024
  2. 4.0.2Understanding Placement Plans and My Voice Matters MeetingsSeptember 30, 2024
  3. 4.0.3Helping a Child to Settle Into Your HomeSeptember 30, 2024
  4. 4.0.4Ending a PlacementSeptember 30, 2024
  5. 4.0.5Placement Support ServiceSeptember 30, 2024

5.Caring for Children

  1. 5.0.1What Decisions Can I Make?September 30, 2024
  2. 5.0.2Involving Children in Decision MakingSeptember 30, 2024
  3. 5.0.3Risk Assessment and PlanningSeptember 30, 2024
  4. 5.0.4HealthSeptember 30, 2024
  5. 5.0.5School and EducationSeptember 30, 2024
  6. 5.0.6Contact / Family Time Between the Child, their Family and Other Significant People in the child’s lifeSeptember 30, 2024
  7. 5.0.7Children with a Disability and those Children who May Need Specialist Medical HelpSeptember 30, 2024
  8. 5.0.8Looking Beyond the BehavioursSeptember 30, 2024
  9. 5.0.9Restrictive Physical Intervention and RestraintSeptember 30, 2024
  10. 5.0.10Relationships and SexSeptember 30, 2024
  11. 5.0.11Alcohol, Drugs and SmokingSeptember 30, 2024
  12. 5.0.12IdentitySeptember 30, 2024
  13. 5.0.13Keeping MemoriesSeptember 30, 2024
  14. 5.0.14Transporting ChildrenSeptember 30, 2024
  15. 5.0.15Babysitters, Day Care and Overnight StaysSeptember 30, 2024
  16. 5.0.16First Aid and MedicationSeptember 30, 2024
  17. 5.0.17Moving Towards IndependenceSeptember 30, 2024

6.Resources

  1. 6.0.1Local Resources

Last Updated: September 30, 2024

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