Getting the Support They Need Findings of a survey of foster carers in the UK
- Document number
- 2404
- Date
- 2009
- Title
- Getting the Support They Need Findings of a survey of foster carers in the UK
- Author/publisher
- The Fostering Network
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems, Family reunification, Guardian, Family Tracing, Age Assessment, Freedom from Detention, Interim Care, Integration, Adoption,
- Summary
- Fostering services in the UK are covered by a range of regulations which address the areas of support that foster carers should be provided with and guidance on the information they should receive about the child in their care. The Fostering Network wanted to explore the levels of support that foster carers are actually receiving and to identify whether this support is adequate in meeting their needs. Therefore in April and May 2009 the Fostering Network carried out an online survey of foster carers. It also asked if foster carers had looked after children outside of their approval range in the last three years and if so, did they have the skills and experience needed to look after them, or were they able to access additional support to help them if required. Responses were received from 442 foster carers and the findings are detailed in this report.
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