Support: summary of issues

Fostering services are responsible for providing foster carers with a range of formal and informal support, including proper supervision, short breaks, peer support, out-of-hours support and access to independent support, as well as support for their sons and daughters.

This summary paper provides an overview of the issues surrounding support, examining the need for foster carers to be well supported. It is one in a series of four under the Together for Change campaign.

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