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Nurturing Mental Health: A Closer Look at Children in Foster Care. Role Foster Carers play in supporting the children and young people. Mental health is a fundamental aspect of a child’s well-being, impacting their development, happiness, and future. For children in foster care, who have often experienced trauma and instability in their early lives, the…

Poem from a Young Person – Author unknown We love this poem, it highlights just how important empathy is when supporting children and young people who come to live with our Foster Carers. Unfortunately, we do not know who the author of this is as we found this poem online. so we are unable to…

Could you foster a Parent and baby together Welcome to the world of Parent and Child Fostering, a unique and rewarding journey that goes beyond traditional fostering. This fact sheet is your guide to understanding what Parent and Child Fostering is, and how it differs from fostering a child only. Parent and Child Fostering is…

F5 Foster Care is proud to announce that we are once again taking part in Foster Care Fortnight   F5 Foster Care is proud to announce that we are once again taking part in Foster Care Fortnight. This is a national campaign fronted by The Fostering Network, that brings together the community, local services, families, individuals and…

Government bans unregulated accommodation for young people in care We are very pleased to hear that children in or leaving care, will be better protected through new regulations that will ban unregulated accommodation for young people in care or leaving care aged 16 – 17. From October this year, the regulation of supported accommodation for…

F5 Foster Care officially rated as “Good” with “Outstanding” Leadership & Management We are extremely proud to announce that F5 Foster Care was recently inspected by Ofsted and the results are in and they are positive! The inspection, which took place in December 2022, found that F5 Foster Care is a “Good” fostering service with “Outstanding” Leadership…

Types of Foster Care Children that come into care have a variety of different needs and as such some of our Fosters Carers specialise in different “types” of foster care. As you go through your assessment with your Social Worker, you will have the opportunity to work out together which types of fostering placements you…