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Flintshire foster carers could get council tax discount.

Foster carers could see their council tax bill halved in a bid to encourage more local people to provide a home for children in Flintshire. The council is looking to cut the rising cost of paying for foster care, with many places outside the county. Last year, it overspent by almost £1.4m by paying for the care of more than 150 children outside the immediate area. A report said it was hoped a local incentive would increase the number of foster carers. ‘We’ve fostered 1,000 children’ According to the council’s projections, it would cost about £92,000 to cover the cost of a council tax discount and that could be recouped if just three children were placed with local foster carers for 12... Read more →

Queen’s Birthday Honours

Fostering News Foster parents honoured for ‘changing lives’ “The first one that went, I really wanted to keep her actually – and I remember standing on the drive, waving goodbye, crying my eyes out and I said, ‘I can never do this again’.” But Judith Harper, from Buckinghamshire, went on to foster about 100 children in need of a home over the past 25 years – and is being honoured for her commitment in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. After saying goodbye to her first foster child, she recalls: “The phone was ringing and we walked back into the house and somebody handed me the phone. “‘A little boy needs somewhere this weekend, will you consider it?’ ‘OK, bring him over... Read more →

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Foster Carers are responsible for working in partnership with their Agency and Local Authorities to provide a safe, secure and nurturing family environment, allowing children to stay in contact with their own families if appropriate.

Carers are required for children and young people aged between 0-18 from a variety of different backgrounds, including specialised placements such as sibling groups, children with special needs and also parent and child placements.

You will need to have:
• The time and energy to invest in a child or young person
• A bedroom for the foster child
• Couples will need to arrange their working hours so that one carer can be available full time
• Single carers will need to be at home full-time, or have flexible, part-time and term time only employment or be able to work bank shifts
• Hold a full UK driving licence.
Better allowances, holidays, respite care, better matched and more regular placements, training, supervision, support.

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Foster carers and their families are often the only positive role models a child has experienced on his or her journey to make friendships, achieve a good education, improve their mental health and behaviour and make a positive contribution to society.

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