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Therapeutic parenting sounds like something you would need a psychology degree for. You would not. PACE was built for ordinary carers in ordinary kitchens, and most of it comes down to ten difficult minutes.
Instead of caring for a child alone, you welcome a parent and their baby and help that parent learn to care safely. What the role involves, who it suits, and whether you could do it.
What if the child has been through something terrible and I do not know what to say? Helping a child recover is not about saying the perfect thing. It is about being steady, and being there tomorrow.
Age, postcode, renting, being single. People rule themselves out of fostering over things that simply are not true. We unpick the most common myths so you can judge your own situation on the facts.
Most of fostering looks like ordinary family life: school runs, shared meals, homework at the kitchen table. An honest picture of what a foster carer does from one day to the next.
Tax is the part of fostering people worry about most, and it turns out to be simpler than they fear. A plain-English guide to Qualifying Care Relief, and why most carers pay little or nothing.
What actually happens once you are approved: the induction, the first placement, the meetings, and the team of people whose job is to support you as well as the child.
School can be the place a child in care feels most exposed. How foster carers work with teachers and the wider team to help a child feel settled enough to learn.
Every child and young person can present with a behaviour which is hard to understand, manage and change. This article will look at some
I was delighted to be invited to a parliamentary reception on Wednesday, on behalf of Positive Aspirations, to celebrate the success of foster carers and
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