Foster carers should get more money for the work they doLISA NANDY
“There isn’t enough available for you to be able to prioritize, and so therefore you will grasp at anything that is acceptable to you. It doesn’t matter if it’s going to perhaps improve by 1% or by 50% or will get to the cure level of 100%. You will take it.” (Advocate, ...
Given the general lack of attention paid to the education of children in state care, and low expectations of them, it is widely accepted that we are unique, two former foster kids with the highest level of academic degrees, doctorates. In this chapter we explore our journeys to and through...
Foster carers themselves can be paid £400 a week or more for each child they take in, and the companies which employ many of them (almost invariably run by former social workers) are hugely profitable. Last year, Rothschilds organised the sale of the National Fostering Agency, the second...
There is also an acute shortage of ethnic minority foster carers and adopters. Young people in the care system, who are more likely to be from ethnic minority groups, often have lower levels of educational attainment 6 A lot done, a lot to do Young people Young mixed race people I The ...
Foster cross-curricular practices with teachers’ training; 3. Establish CCSE definition with benchmarks including skills and qualifications; 4. Enhance learners’ agency through the cooperation of stakeholders and organisations; 5. Raise students’ passion for nature with a hopeful curriculum; 6. ...
'Coming out' may have happened prior to placement or in placement, with foster carers having to adjust their thinking; some feeling confident and others feeling rather confused and, for example, wondering if this was 'a phase.' Foster carers often found they had to help the young person ...
They shared their experiences of foster care with the assembled MPs, peers, media and representatives of fostering services to explain why they see a need for more foster carers in the UK.Damien is 18 and has been in public care since the age of six weeks. During this time he has lived...
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Children in foster care: What behaviours do carers find challenging?[J] . Olivia Octoman,Sara McLean,Julie Sleep.Clin Psychol . 2014 (1)Octoman, O., McLean, S., & Sleep, J. (2014). Children in foster care: What behaviours do carers find challenging? Clinical Psychologist, 18, 10-20....