by 39-admin | Oct 31, 2023 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
So you’ve been through all your training and the ‘dreaded’ panel and the phone rings from your Foster Care agency to ask if you would take your first placement. I can remember clearly the first placement I had, as a Foster Carer. My wife and I were asked if we would...
by 39-admin | Oct 30, 2023 | Blog, The Male Foster Carer Blog
Let’s be honest, we don’t talk about mental health nearly enough! Men in particular have a tendency of not discussing our feelings, even to friends and family. Being a Foster Carer can be a very stressful line of work and you could be dealing with young people going...
by 39-admin | Oct 25, 2023 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
All Foster Carers need rest from time to time due to the stress involved in looking after young people. This is generally referred to as respite and is an important tool to protecting both your physical and mental health. Sometimes Fostering can become stressful and...
by 39-admin | Oct 20, 2023 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
As a Foster carer there is a strong likelihood that your birth children will play a major part in the success or otherwise of a placement. As a married Foster Carer I had two birth children in situ which worked well with some placements and not so well with others. I...
by 39-admin | Oct 16, 2023 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
Support is absolutely essential for a Foster Carer regardless of your experience and the amount of young people who have been in your care. Essentially there are three main types of support you can use as a Foster Carer, there is your Supervising Social Worker (SSW),...
by 39-admin | Oct 13, 2023 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
The pros and cons of what age to group to Foster can be very complex. As a Foster Carer, either now or when married, I always kept as wide an age range as possible, basically 0-18. I have fostered young people with special needs and mother and parent placements. So...
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