by 39-admin | Aug 2, 2024 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
Is being a Foster Carer a career? Yes of course it is. If you think about Fostering how do you see it? A job, a vocation or a way to earn money? It’s a difficult question to answer, talking about money is still considered a bit of a taboo subject to most within...
by 39-admin | Jul 31, 2024 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
Our placement of T and L has settled into a nice routine. Both of them are good sleepers and usually go down about 19:30 and sleep through until about 6am. They also tend to have a mid afternoon nap for about 90 minutes. This gives us plenty of time to get housework...
by 39-admin | Jul 26, 2024 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
Record keeping can be a bit of a drag cant it? However it is an essential part of your job as a Foster Carer and it serves to protect you in the case of an allegation. So what should you record and in how much detail? I always made a point of making some short notes...
by 39-admin | Jul 24, 2024 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
How do you deal with the difficult time when a long term placement moves on? It could be adoption, back to family or a number of other reasons that a young person leaves your care. I won’t lie, it’s difficult, and it doesn’t get any easier as time goes on, you just...
by 39-admin | Jul 19, 2024 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
With a new Government in place it will be interesting to see if there are any improvements in Social Care and Foster Care. With such a shortage of Foster Carers, at present, it needs some creative thinking to improve the way that Carers are treated. Most Independent...
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