David Jennings, service manager at Greenfinch, said: "We anticipate that20 to 40 foster carers will start the course in September."
Peter Stevens, manager of the independent agency Kasper Fostering, saidit was brilliant news. "It is the first time foster carers have had theopportunity to pursue academic training on a par with social workers'training," he said. "We hope it will raise the status of foster carers."
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