Listen to this page in audio format: Going through the foster care can be a trying time for children, which is understandable considering the sensitive circumstances that they’ll be in. During this time, the child is going through a wide range of emotions and uncertainty. This leads to stress which can negatively affect the child …
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It’s supposedly ‘the most wonderful time of the year’, but for foster children, the Christmas period can sometimes feel like the exact opposite. Rather than happiness and warmth, Christmas time can make foster children feel confusion, loneliness, anger and even guilt – all of which can manifest in unfavourable behaviours, especially when the child cannot …
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We work with young people who are in care and facing difficulties in their life, providing short and long-term accommodation as well as practical help and advice. Family Works Fostering addresses the home life issues which often lie behind individual difficulties. We take time with every child to tackle the problems they face while encouraging positive …
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There are many benefits to reading out loud to your kids, listening to a story also imparts unique advantages. Helps children grasp big picture aspects of narrative. Especially early on, it takes a lot of mental power just to form the words and sentences, let alone comprehending them and being able to follow plot lines …
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This year we would like our children and young people to design Family Works Fostering Christmas Card. We would like the children and young people to showcase the talents in drawing, art and design. The child/young person with the selected card design will win a lovely present.
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My husband and I became Foster Carers in 2017. After the initial three months process, which wasn’t any easy thing to go through, we were approved as foster carers. Within one month of being approved, we had our first child placed with us and then four months later we had two siblings placed with us. …
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There are now more children than ever coming into care. Around 30,000 more children come into care over the course of 12 months. Around two-fifths of the children in care are aged 11 to 15, and finding people with the right skills to look after teenagers is now the top priority for fostering services. What …
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Electrical Appliances: It is extremely important to protect children from electrical hazards whilst in your care. You must ensure that appliance cords are kept out of reach of children, especially those connected to hot items such as kettles, irons, hair straighteners and hairdryers. These types of appliances should be switched off when not in use. …
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Listen to this page in audio format. Family Works Fostering agency is steadily growing and progressive independent foster care agency in Essex providing quality and innovative family placements to children in care. Established in 2017, we are committed to placing children who are not able to remain with their own family in an alternative family placement. …
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Listen to this page in audio format. I thought about fostering for a really long time before committed myself to being a foster carer, and when I did, though I kicked myself for taking so long to do it, the feeling I got was overwhelming. Before becoming a foster carer I’d ask myself whether I …
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