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Reasons Why a Child May Be Taken Into Care in the UK

This guide explains the most common reasons children enter care, the process behind these decisions, and why foster carers play such a vital role in their lives.

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What Disqualifies You from Being a Foster Parent in the UK?

If you’re considering opening your heart and home to a child, understanding the differences between fostering and adoption in the UK can help you decide which path suits your family best.

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Fostering vs Adoption in the UK: Which Path to Parenthood Is Right for You?

If you’re considering opening your heart and home to a child, understanding the differences between fostering and adoption in the UK can help you decide which path suits your family best.

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Breaking placements – when it seems impossible to stay

By Dr Jane Herd. First published in Foster, Issue 13, 2022. Complex processes come into play when a child must leave their foster home, particularly when this comes to pass because the foster carers feel they can no longer manage to maintain the child in their care. This article offers a tool for considering presenting …

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Corona virus information for children and young people.

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We understand that you might be worried about coronavirus – also known as COVID-19.

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How to handle celebrations as a foster parent.

Holidays can be difficult for children in foster care. If a child has never experienced the holidays nor the traditions that come along with them, they may feel out of place or uncomfortable. It might also trigger the children to think back to their own family — what they never had or what they’ve lost. …

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Becoming a Foster Parent – What’s Really Involved?

Are you considering fostering but are unsure what it would involve and what will be expected of you? Will you simply be taking in children and looking after them until they leave, or is there more to it than that?

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How to help your foster child with school

Unfortunately, a large proportion of children in foster care are still likely to experience problems in school. The reasons for this are several; from a difficult home life to movement between different schools during key stages of childhood, foster children absolutely need extra support to help them achieve academic success.

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The role of a Foster Carer

Foster carers offer children and young people a safe and caring home when they are unable to live with their birth family. This is often a child’s first positive experience of family life.

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