Other fostering services
We provide additional services for the children and young people in our care and foster families. An integral part of our fostering services is making the fostering experience positive for the children in care and for foster families. To help with this, we:
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employ a number of Children’s Resource Workers who work individually with children in placement.
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run training and support groups for children who are fostered and also for the birth children of foster families.
- offer a supervised contact service for families separated from their children in some offices.
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have access to trainers and therapists who can work with individual foster carers and children.
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offer a therapeutic play service for families and children (only in one office).
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prepare our young people for their life after care through our “Skills 4 Life” training.
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communicate regularly to our foster carers and their families via our monthly newsletter.
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organise local activity events for children and young people but also annual events such as our Big Week-end, awards ceremonies recognising the work of our foster carers and their families but also the achievement of young people in TACT care.
- encourage young people’s participation in- and views on- the running of our services through our “Children’s Champions” group meetings.
Our participation work has been recognised as an example of good practice by Research in Practice (RiP) and Quality Matters who filmed one of our Children’s Champions group meetings.