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The role of an independent fostering agency
Can I choose who I foster?
How to foster
What are the benefits of fostering with an independent fostering agency?
What happens when a child is taken into care?
Fostering process: what happens on an initial home visit?
Can you foster if you have mental health issues?
Fostering with local authority vs independent agency
Interview: Life as a foster parent during the pandemic
Becoming A Foster Carer
Benefits of becoming a foster parent
What is a Care Leaver?
What is a Foster Carer?
What is Foster Care?
Do I become a Foster Carer?
Fostering Regulations
How much do Foster Parents get paid?
How to Foster a Child
How long does it take to become a Foster Carer?
How to foster – everything you ever wanted to know
Facts about Foster Care
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Foster Care Handbook
Foster Carer Job Description
Changing IFA - Transferring to Capstone
Fostering Definition
Foster Care Statistics
Fostering Assessment
Fostering Outcomes
Fostering Stories
Fostering Children UK
Children needing Fostering
8 reasons why a child may be taken into care
Fostering as a Career
Looked after Children
Top transferable job skills to become a foster carer
Fostering as a same sex couple
Fostering while renting
Can I foster if...?
Mythbusting the top 10 Foster Care Myths
Can I foster if I am disabled?
LGBT Fostering Mythbusting
Can I foster if I have pets?
Can I Foster A Child?
Can you Foster and Work?
Can you Foster with a Criminal Record
Fostering as a Single Parent
LGBT Family and Foster Care
Fostering across Cultures
Muslim Fostering
Christian Foster Care
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Empty Nest Syndrome and Foster Care
10 things you can do when your Children fly the nest
Can I Foster?
Fostering Babies - Myths
Focusing on Parent & Child Fostering
Fostering Siblings
Fostering Teenagers
Fostering Teenagers - Breaking down the Myths
Fostering Unaccompanied and Asylum Seeking Children
Mother and Baby Foster Placements
Private Fostering
Therapeutic Fostering - Multi-disciplinary Assessment Treatment & Therapy Service (MATTS)
Young Children Fostering Placements
Difference between short and long-term fostering
How to prepare a child for becoming a care leaver
Children who foster: impact of fostering on birth children
How to prepare your home for a foster child
10 tips for foster children’s education
How to prepare your foster child for secondary school
Tips for coping when foster placements end
Tips for foster parents during Coronavirus
What happens if foster parents get divorced?
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Tips for managing foster children’s bedtime routines
How to handle foster child bullying
Fostering allowances and the gender pay gap
Tips for keeping foster children safe online
How to adopt from Foster Care
5 ways to manage Father’s Day with foster children
8 most common fostering challenges
Supporting foster children’s contact with birth families
How to deal with empty nest syndrome
How to recognise signs of depression in foster children
Can you take a foster child on holiday?
Tips and advice on fostering with a disability
10 tips on connecting with your Foster Child
Fostering versus Adoption - What's the difference?
How Fostering can change a future
How to adopt from Foster Care
How to encourage children to read in Foster Care
How to prepare a Foster Child's bedroom
Online grooming - unwanted contact and how to identify it
Reading and storytelling with Babies and young Children
Supporting Children's Learning
Technology and Internet Safety advice
The 20 most recommended books Foster Carers and young people should read
The impact of early childhood traumas on adolescence and adulthood
Tips for coping with attachment disorders in Foster Children
Tips for supporting reunification in Foster Care
Together for a better Internet - Web Safety for Foster Children
What is sexual abuse and sexual violence
Foster Child behaviour management strategies
Foster Parent Advice: What to expect in your first year of fostering
Capstone's twelve tips at Christmas
10 celebrities who grew up in Foster Care
Celebrating our Children and Young People
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Form F Assessor and Assessment Training
Foster Care Fortnight
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Young people and Mental Health in a changing world
Young People Charities
A child may be taken into care for numerous reasons, such as due to abuse or neglect in the household, parental incarceration, a death of a parent, abandonment or substance abuse. However, often people are unsure of what happens when the child actually is taken into care – and what the next steps are in this process.
Initially, the child will be taken into care by social services or the local authority. This may be premeditated, such as if the parents are unwell or if they are aware that they’re facing incarceration – however, it may be that social services have been advised to intervene due to a concern for the child’s welfare in the home.
This concern could have come from the child themselves, depending on their age and capabilities, but it could also have stemmed from a neighbour, a friend, a family member or a teacher. At this point, it is social services’ duty to step in and examine the situation. If the local authority are worried about the child, they can begin ‘care proceedings’ – and then apply for a ‘care order’, meaning that the local authority will have parental responsibility for the child. Learn more about care proceedings and care orders from GOV.UK.
Once a child is taken into care, the local authority will then become involved in sharing the responsibility for making most of the important decisions regarding the child’s welfare and upbringing. These decisions include:
The local authority will then also be responsible for:
It’s at this point that arrangements would be made for the child in order to provide a secure, safe environment for them – which could come in the form of staying with another family member, living in a children’s home, or being placed in the care of a foster parent.
Thinking of becoming a foster carer? As a foster parent, you are helping young people and children improve their standard of living, providing a loving, nurturing home for those in need.
There are certain fostering requirements that you’ll need to meet in order to be a foster carer – such as being older than 21 years of age, having a spare bedroom in your home, and being physically healthy. However, as long as you meet these initial criteria, your religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and marital status will not be a deciding factor on your eligibility of becoming a foster carer.
For more information on who can foster, and what happens when a child is taken into care, contact a member of our friendly team here at Capstone Foster Care.
If you’ve got any questions or would like to find out more about fostering with Capstone, fill out the form below.
An experienced fostering advisor from your local area will then be in touch.
Start the conversation today. Our team of friendly advisors are on hand to answer any foster care questions you may have. We can offer you honest and practical advice that can help you decide if becoming a foster carer is the right path for you.
