It’s Foster Care Fortnight from 11th – 24th May, a time when we celebrate the fantastic and humbling part that foster carers play in children’s lives all over the country. That commitment to supporting and caring for children is especially important in our current climate of isolation, lockdown and caution. Fostering doesn’t stop. It is ongoing, and it is so important that we acknowledge, celebrate and thank foster carers everywhere. As a not-for-profit fostering organisation, we continue to fully support our foster carers and children through this period. We post regular resources to the two intranet areas on our website (Carer and Kidz Zone), and we continue to directly support via telephone and video conferencing. We have received some beautiful, inspiring, positive and creative photos showing works of art, made by the foster and birth children of our carers – many of which we are able to feature on our intranets. This art has included rainbows, messages of support for our wonderful NHS and keyworkers, and even some creative baking! A big thank you to our foster carers and children for these fantastic photos! Foster Care Fortnight is also an opportunity to attract new carers. Here at FCC, we are usually able to organise and attend a series of fostering events around the country. These enable us to meet and have face-to-face conversations with people interested in fostering. This gives them the chance to ask any questions they may have, whilst also introducing them to the social worker that will, in many cases, be their appointed worker throughout the application process and beyond.
Whilst we are not able to offer these events under the current restrictions, all fostering applications can be processed online, using the aforementioned video conferencing technology. This makes it an ideal time for those interested in fostering to make a no-obligation enquiry. The fostering application process can take between 6 and 8 months – meaning that the date of foster carer approval will most likely be when our country is at least back on track to being ‘open’ once again. You can start your fostering journey here. So, once again, a big thank you to our foster carers for bringing care, commitment and skill in order to help make a difference to children’s lives. And thank you to the children too. You are doing a fantastic job under extraordinary circumstances. Source: www.fostercarecooperative.co.uk Circa: £32,300 DOE +Telephone On Call Allowance Department/Division: England South Location: Devon + South West Peninsula Contract Type: Permanent Full Time Closing Date: 17 May 2020 How do we work?
Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children in the UK. Every year our services change the lives of 390,000 children, young people and families. Action for Children Fostering South West Peninsula and Family Breaks seeks to meet the needs of the most vulnerable children and young people in society by the provision of safe, secure and successful foster placements including the provision of short breaks for children with additional needs. We also offer the highest standard of care-providing carers with excellent training, supervision and support to achieve the best outcomes for the young people we look after. We have been graded Outstanding by Ofsted (2018) and strive to provide a good quality of care to young people, always ensuring they are the centre of our approach. Our placements cover Somerset to Cornwall so flexibility to travel across this cluster as and when needed is imperative for this role. How will you make a difference? You will work towards making a lasting difference by
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This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference and to build a fulfilling and meaningful career with a leading UK children's charity. If you want to be part of a dynamic progressive Service that places the young person at the centre of our success- so don't delay, apply today! Action for Children is committed to safer recruitment practices, designed to protect the welfare of the children and young people using our services. If you have any other questions, please contact Fatima Matin on 07918773592. Full details and application documents here How we are working through this pandemic. We would like to thank all of you who have supported Break in the past and who are interested in how we are responding to the current crisis caused by Covid-19. We would like to reassure you that we are prioritising supporting all the young people that are in our care. We are reconfiguring our practices so that we can do this as safely as we can whilst still meeting the needs of each young person. Naturally, there are many challenges to this but our staff have been amazing and are coming up with constant ideas and adaptations to our practice. Unfortunately, alongside this incredible response, we are faced with a vast reduction in our income due to having to close our charity shops and cancel our fundraising events which may have an impact on our future viability. Although we are confident that, over time, we will be able to overcome this, we would really appreciate any help you can provide - whether it is a donation or volunteering. Please donate here and know that every penny will go to supporting a very vulnerable young person at this extremely challenging time in their development. Source: http://break-charity.org |
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