LATEST SOCIAL MEDIA
WEEK ENDING 13TH OCTOBER 2024
THE LATEST POSTS WE HAVE SHARED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS THIS WEEK
“In-between placements it’s a real struggle and usually gets me into serious debt. Waiting for a foster child to be put with us can be very long, because we are with an IFA means it can be weeks or even months.”
“Every time, I’m faced with the difficult decision of whether we should acknowledge that fostering is putting a serious strain on us financially as a family. It makes me wonder if we should let go of the child we’ve been looking after for six years so I can return to a regular job. But in truth, that’s not something we could ever bring ourselves to do. It leaves me feeling completely stuck.”
If they want to retain foster carers then they must pay retainers, how do you think this should work?
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Date: 07/10/2024
GENTLE REMINDER!
We say it frequently but still find foster carers stranded with no protection or defence when an allegation hits.
Like car insurance, you have to already be a member of the union already when something happens.
So many carers say to us ‘but I didn’t think it would happen to me’
Don’t be one of those carers, join now and spread the word so no other carers get left unprotected.
No one has the legal framework to protect you like the NUPFC: https://nupfc.com/membership/
Date: 08/10/2024
We wonder how many other employees of fostering services have to rely on benefits (and in some incidents food banks) to survive?
Given that foster carers underpin the whole of fostering services, without them there would be no foster care, and none of those would even have jobs, why are many carers on such a low income that they have to rely on benefits.
Should we also not be giving children in care a better standard of living?
These are questions that need answering, we need action, not endless ‘recommendations’ from organisations that play both sides.
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Date: 09/10/2024
We frequently hear carers, who have not yet had an allegation or an issue, say:
“Why pay for it when I get a free support organisation from my fostering service?”
Trust us, it’s not the same thing, in any way whatsoever.
We protect your fostering role like no one else can.
Date: 10/10/2024
If it’s not written down, or isn’t recorded (where you can access it) or if you haven’t had a response…..it doesn’t exist and can be refuted later and sadly often is.
If you have an issue, or need permission for something, or if an incident has occurred you must record it and get a response.
It’s no good saying ‘I told my social worker’ or ‘The social worker agreed with me’
Trust us when we say we can not count how many times that social workers deny all knowledge when it suits.
The best thing is timed, dated emails, finishing with a request to acknowledge receipt, and if you don’t get an acknowledgment be persistent, don’t do anything until you have one.
Recording and reporting is essential, but be wary of system like CHARMS as we find the minute there is an issue you are instantly blocked from accessing your reporting and recording. So keep your own records (in accordance with GDPR).
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Date: 11/10/2024
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