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48 <h1>
48 Contact Between the Child and Their Family
48 </h1>
49 <div class="scope_box_blue">
50 <p style="font-weight:500; font-size: 140%;">
50 Standards & Regulations
50 </p>
51 <p>
51 Fostering Services National Minimum Standards (England) 2011:
51 </p>
52 <ul>
53 <li>
53 <a href="http://www.minimumstandards.org/fost_one.html" target="_blank">
53 Standard 1 - The child’s wishes and feelings and those significant to them
53 </a>
53 .
53 </li>
54 <li>
54 <a href="http://www.minimumstandards.org/fost_nine.html" target="_blank">
54 Standard 9 - Promoting and supporting contact
54 </a>
54 .
54 </li>
55 </ul>
56 <p>
56 Training, Support and Development Standards for Foster Care:
56 </p>
57 <ul>
58 <li>
58 <a href="files/foster_care_tsd_standards_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">
58 Standard 2 - Understand your role as a foster carer
58 </a>
58 .
58 </li>
59 <li>
59 <a href="files/foster_care_tsd_standards_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">
59 Standard 4 - Contact Between the Child and Their Family
59 </a>
59 .
59 </li>
60 </ul>
61 </div>
62 <p class="h2">
62 <br />
63 </p>
64 <p>
64 Research says that maintaining links between a child and their families increases the possibility
of them returning to their family. Where this is not possible, research also says contact enhances
a child’s sense of identity as well as avoiding breakdowns in foster placements.
64 </p>
65 <p>
65 Contact with family and friends will be set out in the
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65 Placement Plan
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65 . This will detail where, when and how contact will take place including whether it will be
supervised. Contact may take place in the foster home or somewhere else depending on what might be
best for all those involved.
65 </p>
66 <p>
66 The child’s social worker will provide you with the necessary information including any assessment
of risk for those involved. The needs, wishes and feelings of the child are also important when
planning contact. It may be useful to find out how they communicate with others (this may include
mobile phones or other social networking sites and apps and consoles such as Xbox or Play Station)
so that this can be taken into consideration and an agreement reached about how safely to do this.
66 </p>
67 <p>
67 The fostering service through your Supervising Social Worker will give you practical advice and
support including financial help where needed to make sure contact is appropriate and safe.
67 </p>
68 <p>
68 Contact is not just face to face and can be a phone call, letters, photographs or cards from
holidays or special occasions.
68 </p>
69 <p>
70 It is important that children from a dual heritage background or who are not a cultural match but
placed with you, maintain their links with their family, friends and community so that their
cultural history is encouraged, developed and valued.
70 </p>
71 <p>
71 It is not unusual for children to ask to have contact with relatives or friends they may have lost
touch with before becoming
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71 Looked After
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71 . If this happens speak to the child’s social worker.
71 </p>
72 <p>
72 You should record the behaviour and reaction of the child before and after contact. This may
identify patterns which can contribute to future decision making.
72 </p>
73 <p>
73 You should discuss contact in your supervision meeting with your Supervising Social Worker so that
problems can be identified and hopefully resolved.
73 </p>
74 <p>
74 Contact can increase a child’s sense of security when the people who are important to them are
comfortable with each other. This can also help parents and other family members to feel less
awkward and threatened.
74 </p>
75 <p>
75 The child may be allowed to visit their birth parents at home. These visits, which may include
staying overnight, must be planned in advance, with the child’s social worker.
75 </p>
76 <p>
76 Sometimes the child may appear anxious and upset by a visit. This may be because the visits:-
76 </p>
77 <ul>
78 <li>
78 Remind them of feelings of loss and separation.
78 </li>
79 <li>
79 Remind them of feelings about past experiences.
79 </li>
80 <li>
80 Highlight feelings of divided loyalties.
80 </li>
81 </ul>
82 <p>
82 If you have any concerns at all you must speak to the child’s social worker.
82 </p>
83 <h3 class="h3">
83 <br />
84 Confidentiality
84 </h3>
85 <p>
85 Working with birth parents is an important part of fostering. A vital element of this is trust and
confidentiality.
85 </p>
86 <p>
86 In sharing the care of a child, you will receive a lot of confidential information which you may
wish to share with those closest to you, discuss this with the child’s Social Worker in the first
instance.
86 </p>
87 <p>
87 You may also talk to other carers about children you are caring for perhaps in general or to seek
support. You should remember to treat any discussions in confidence and children should never be
specifically identified or named.
87 </p>
88 <h3 class="h3">
88 <br />
88 Problems with Contact
89 </h3>
90 <p>
91 Contact can cause distress and upset for a child/young person and you are often the person who has
to deal with this when a child feels confused, angry or disappointed. You may also have mixed
emotions when this happens. You should be offered practical support including financial help if
needed to support appropriate contact.
91 </p>
92 <p>
92 You may feel that the family is letting the child down, but, there could be many reasons for this.
92 </p>
93 <ul>
94 <li>
94 The family may feel guilty or angry that their child is in foster care.
94 </li>
95 <li>
95 A child may have been placed in an emergency when the family was experiencing problems.
95 </li>
96 <li>
96 Parents may feel angry that their children are living with you if this against their wishes and
resent having to comply with plans they don’t agree with.
96 </li>
97 <li>
97 Parents can also worry that you will take their place in the child’s life and may have heard in
the media about foster carers wanting to adopt fostered children.
97 </li>
98 <li>
98 Parents may also feel they have let their child down which can impact on their motivation and
reliability.
98 </li>
99 </ul>
100 <p>
100 These reasons and feeling can lead to parents behaving in ways which appear inappropriate during
contact. They may be very emotional, give the children unrealistic messages or making promises.
100 </p>
101 <p>
101 Understanding the parents experience can help to make sense of the situation for the child as well
as the family.
101 </p>
102 <p>
102 Any restrictions on communication by the child with their parents should be agreed by the child’s
social worker and reviewed alongside the child’s wishes and feelings.
102 </p>
103 If you feel that changes should be made to contact to protect the child from
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103 Significant Harm
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103 the child’s social worker should be told immediately or within 24 hours. If the child returns from
contact and you are concerned in any way about something that has been said or done particularly if
you think it has harmed the child in anyway, you must report this to the child’s social worker or a
duty worker in their office immediately or within 24 hours.
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