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This short, general guide to fostering in the UK will be an ideal starting point for anyone considering becoming a foster carer. It describes the sorts of children needing to be fostered; who can foster; caring for children in your home; the rewards of fostering; how to go about it - who to approach if you want to apply; selection, training, getting started, dealing with problems; money and the legal requirements; what happens when a child moves in (and out) and what happens when they can't go home; becoming part of the fostering team; finding a fostering agency. The book is brought to life with photographs and short case examples and the full list of fostering agencies around the UK will encourage potential foster carers to take the next step.
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Henrietta Bond is a freelance journalist and media consultant, specialising in children and family issues. Her interest in looked after children began when she became BAAF's press officer in 1990, and since becoming freelance in 1995 she has worked with Fostering Network, The Who Cares? Trust, NCH, Barnardo's, TalkAdoption, A National Voice, and many other children and young people's organisations and local authorities. She has written for Guardian Society, Children Now and Young People Now and recently wrote a new edition of BAAF's Advice Note Fostering: Some Questions Answered.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Fostering a Child: A Guide for People Interested in Fostering (Paperback)
This book is to the point and very factual. You can dip into it to find the required information when necessary about fostering a child.
The information also goes through the steps that foster care agenceis take before you are accepted as a fully fledged foster carer. The contact numbers for fostering agencies and local social service agencies can be found in this book. Fostering a Child: A Guide for People Interested in Fostering
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