Attracting and keeping carers
Attracting and Keeping Carers newsletter
A free bi-monthly newsletter is available to download from our Foster Care Resource Centre. The newsletter contains news on current local and regional activity, events and top tips to support the development of recruitment and retention strategies. To subscribe please contact angela.king@fostering.net.
Good practice guidelines
Managing initial enquiries to a fostering service
Developed out of the Fostering Network’s "Why do people enquire but don't proceed?" study, these guidelines will help fostering services evaluate their current recruitment methods so that they can gain a better understanding of why so many potential foster carers do not go on to apply to foster.
Download Managing initial enquiries to a fostering service, November 2007 (pdf: 1.3MB)
Recruitment of Foster Carers publication
If you need help with recruiting foster carers you should buy a copy of the Good Practice Guidelines on the Recruitment of Foster Carers which provides useful information to help you develop an effective strategy to recruit the foster carers you need.
Foster Carer Peer Mentoring project
The Fostering Network has received funding from the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) to carry out a study into the current availability of mentoring schemes for foster carers within England. Good Practice Guidelines are being published in the autumn.
Find out more about the mentoring project.
Foster Care Fortnight
Every year many fostering services join in with our successful campaign Foster Care Fortnight, which raises the profile of fostering and encourages more people to think about fostering. To find out how you can get involved contact Helen Clarke on 020 7620 6407 or helen.clarke@fostering.net.
Improving Effectiveness in Foster Care Recruitment
The Fostering Network has published a pioneering study of current innovative practice in the recruitment and retention of foster carers in England.
Further information
Visit our Foster Care Resource Centre for more information on how to maximise your recruitment and retention of foster carers.
For further information please contact Helen Clarke, development worker - recruitment and retention of foster carers on 020 7620 6407 or helen.clarke@fostering.net.
