Information sheets
The following list gives details of the information sheets that have been produced by the Fostering Network in order to give practical information on topics such as alcohol and parental reponsibility.
- Alcohol: information sheet for foster carers
- Publisher: The Fostering Network
- Date: 2007
- This information sheet gives information about alcohol, its relevance to foster carers and the legal aspects such as licensing laws.
- Price: Free for members
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- Direct marketing: information for fostering services
- Publisher: The Fostering Network
- Date: 2007
- An information sheet to help fostering services use direct marketing techniques to recruit foster carers.
- Price: Free to members
- Full details…
- Disability living allowance
- Publisher: The Fostering Network
- Date: 2007
- Information sheet for foster carers about Disability Living Allowance.
- Price: Free to members
- Full details…
- Fostering provision for looked after young parents and their children : information for fostering services
- Publisher: The Fostering Network
- Date: 2008
- This information sheet provides an overview of the factors to consider when developing a service for looked after young people who become parents. It provides information to help in planning a new provision or evaluating an existing one
- Price: Free to members
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- Identifying a recruitment target: information for fostering services
- Date: 2007
- An information sheet for fostering services.
- Price: Free to members
- Full details…
- Meeting the standards (England): information for fostering services
- Date: 2007
- This information sheet considers the factors that arise when building a framework for the recruitment, support and retention of foster carers.
- Price: Free to members
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- Parental responsibility: an information sheet for foster carers
- Publisher: The Fostering Network
- Date: 2007
- This information sheet has details of parental responsibility, its relevance for foster carers and how parental responsibility can be affected by the courts.
- Price: Free to members
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- Personal allowances for children and young people in foster care: information sheet
- Publisher: The Fostering Network
- Date: c2000
- Information sheet about personal allowances including pocket money for children and young people in care.
- Price: Free to members
- Full details…
- Smoking: information sheet for foster carers
- Publisher: The Fostering Network
- Date: 2007
- Information sheet for foster carers about smoking.
- Price: Free to members
- Full details…
- Young parents in foster care: finance information sheet (England)
- Publisher: The Fostering Network
- Date: 2008
- This information sheet considers the financial factors that arise when you provide a placement for a looked after young person who is pregnant, or who is already a parent.
- Price: Free to members
- Full details…
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