Engage: Foster Care – The heart of our care system
There’s a common myth that does the rounds in the run-up to all elections. We’ve all heard it: the belief that the work of local authorities grinds to a halt
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Webwatch: New App for foster care professionals working in Northern Ireland
A new Health and Social Care (HSC) app for foster carers, ‘Fostering in a Digital World’, the first of its kind in Northern Ireland has just been launched. The app uses
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Engage: Could you make the difference in the life of vulnerable children
Thousands of foster carers need to be recruited each year. Foster Care Fortnight (8-21 May), run by the UK’s leading fostering charity, The Fostering Network, not only calls for more
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Trust announce foster care recruitment evenings as part of urgent appeal
Launching ‘Fostering Fortnight’ (from 08 May to 21 May 2017) the Western Trust is urgently appealing for new foster carers to come forward as the number of children who require
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Judge rules boy who stabbed Barbie dolls should go into council care
A seven-year-old boy who stabbed Barbie dolls and made gestures to cut their throats should go into council care, a family court judge has ruled. The youngster arrived in the
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Council criticised over removal vulnerable teenager from foster parents without notice
Social workers moved a vulnerable Essex teenager from her aunt and uncle’s care without any warning, the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has said. The teenager had been living with her
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Woman in foster care court case waiting six months for written ruling
A woman says she has been waiting six months for a copy of a ruling after a family court judge decided her daughter should be taken from her care. The
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Charity warns UK’s fostering system cracking under ‘unsustainable strain’
The UK’s fostering system is under ‘unsustainable strain’ and is being held together by the goodwill and commitment of thousands of dedicated foster carers, The Fostering Network is warning today.
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Jury out in trial of man accused of murdering foster carer in arson attack
The jury has been sent out to consider its verdicts in the trial of a small-time cocaine dealer accused of murdering a widow who had fostered more than 50 children.
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Local authority wins appeal over damages awarded in foster care case
A local authority has won its appeal against a decision to award £20,000 damages to a couple whose eight children were wrongly kept in foster care. The proceedings were sparked
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