Health Minister Edwin Poots today launched a 12-week consultation on The Foster Placement and Fostering Agencies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013. The proposed regulations aim to strengthen the operation of fostering
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A foster carer who sexually abused two young girls has been jailed for eight months. Herbert Keith Moss, 71, had previously denied two counts of sexual assault on a girl
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The Foster Care Review was established by the Scottish Government to assess a range of potential reforms, and provide direction on a number of policy questions. The proposals (and issues)
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At least 200 new foster families will be needed in Northern Ireland this year to keep up with increasing demand, a charity has said. Single, unemployed and gay people are
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At least 8,600 new foster families are needed across the UK during 2014 to provide stable, secure and loving homes for the record numbers of fostered children, according to figures
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A rise in the number of relatives applying to give foster care to vulnerable children in Northern Ireland has left official services stretched. Between 2009 and 2011 the volume of
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A woman allegedly abused in foster care has failed in a legal challenge to being kept out of an inquiry into historic abuse at children’s homes. Her case was dismissed
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All foster children in Wales should be allowed to stay with their carers until the age of 21 like their counterparts in England, two charities say. Action for Children and
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The College of Social Work has launched a new continuing professional development training guide which is designed to improve and standardise social worker training in fostering and adoption. The College’s
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