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How artists help children to explore their life stories

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

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Creative Life Story Work sees care-experienced children work with artists to process their experiences in ways that improve their wellbeing and relationships.

How I Got Here: Geraldine Roseberry, foster carer

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

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Geraldine Roseberry reflects on 25 years as a foster carer.

Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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Struggling council transforms how it commissions placements for children in care with the focus on reducing trauma and addressing complex needs.

Step-down service improves placement stability

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

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In-depth assessments identify ways to support young people from residential homes into foster care delivering placement stability and reducing council costs.

Suffolk's therapeutic fostering team builds relationships

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

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Specialist team at East Anglian council works with foster carers to enhance their therapeutic parenting skills.

West Midlands councils’ films change script on fostering

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

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A regional initiative that aims to boost foster carer recruitment has developed a new approach to attract applicants through a collaborative short film campaign.

Mockingbird grows as foster carers value ‘extended family’ support network

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

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A pioneering programme that nurtures relationships between children, young people and foster families to deliver sustainable foster care has seen continual growth in the UK.

Liverpool on journey to sustainable children’s home sector

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

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Liverpool, like many areas, has seen rising demand for, and costs of, children’s residential care placements.

Foster care for adolescents with complex needs in Sweden

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

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Laurelle Brown visited Sweden in 2018 to assess how child protection services cater for the needs of older children coming into care and what the UK could learn in terms of support for foster carers.

Prospective adopters use technology to see the reality of childhood trauma

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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Virtual reality technology used to improve understanding of child trauma.

Agency helps children develop more secure attachments

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

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“Outstanding”-rated adoption agency Family Futures provides therapeutic support for adoptive parents and children.

Ask the Experts: Worries about new employer

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

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Our expert panel offers advice on sharing expertise, an unhappy foster child, privacy for a gay colleague and illness at nursery.

Positive support for adopters

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

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Project helps adoptive parents and children form loving, secure attachments and promote resilience.

No Wrong Door

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Thursday, June 29, 2017

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North Yorkshire Council creates children's home "hubs", offering specialist professionals, outreach work, foster care and supported accommodation.

Head, Heart, Hands - Aberlour Fostering

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

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Head, Heart, Hands was a UK-wide, three-year programme that aimed to improve foster care by enabling seven fostering organisations to explore a social pedagogy approach.

Keep Fostering - National Implementation Service

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

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Keep is a training programme that has been delivered to more than 2,000 foster carers, kinship carers and special guardians in England since 2009.

Match Foster Care

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

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Aims to improve fostered children's placement stability and bring their outcomes into line with non-looked-after peers.

Mockingbird Family Model

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

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Involves a "hub home carer" offering peer support, respite and social activities to a "constellation" of six to 10 foster families.

Behind the Inspection Ratings: Adoption

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

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As the number of children being placed for adoption continues to fall, the government's latest strategy emphasises the need for matches to be made without delay and stresses the importance of quality support.

Behind the Inspection Ratings: Adoption services

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

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The standard of adoption services across local authorities and the voluntary sector has steadily improved in recent years, bucking the overall trend in Ofsted inspections, social care report shows.

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How artists help children to explore their life stories

How I Got Here: Geraldine Roseberry, foster carer

Trauma-informed commissioning delivers savings

Step-down service improves placement stability

Suffolk's therapeutic fostering team builds relationships

West Midlands councils’ films change script on fostering

Mockingbird grows as foster carers value ‘extended family’ support network

Liverpool on journey to sustainable children’s home sector

Foster care for adolescents with complex needs in Sweden

Prospective adopters use technology to see the reality of childhood trauma

Agency helps children develop more secure attachments

Ask the Experts: Worries about new employer

Positive support for adopters

No Wrong Door

Head, Heart, Hands - Aberlour Fostering

Keep Fostering - National Implementation Service

Match Foster Care

Mockingbird Family Model

Behind the Inspection Ratings: Adoption

Behind the Inspection Ratings: Adoption services

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