by 39-admin | Aug 14, 2024 | 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 | Aug 9, 2024 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
Young D had settled in well as we knew he would do. Being the holiday period we were trying hard to organise activities for D, out own 2 boys and the babies. We were lucky that we had quite a few local amenities so the three boys were pretty easily sorted. We had them...
by 39-admin | Aug 7, 2024 | The Male Foster Carer Blog
We received a call from the placement team asking if we could take a respite placement for a couple of weeks over the summer holidays. This is a young man, D, who we have looked after before on a respite. He is 12 and a really lovely lad who always fits into our...
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...
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