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47 <div class="content_text">
48 <h1>
48 What happens now I am approved?
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_fourteen.html" target="_blank">
53 Standard 14 – Fostering Panels and the Fostering Service's Decision-Maker
53 </a>
53 .
53 </li>
54 <li>
54 <a href="http://www.minimumstandards.org/fost_sixteen.html" target="_blank">
54 Standard 16 – Statement of Purpose and Children's Guide
54 </a>
54 .
54 </li>
55 </ul>
56 <p>
56 The Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011:
56 </p>
57 <ul>
58 <li>
58 <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/581/part/2/made" target="_blank">
58 PART 2 - Statement of Purpose and Children's Guide
58 </a>
58 .
58 </li>
59 </ul>
60 <p>
60 Training, Support and Development Standards for Foster Care:
60 </p>
61 <ul>
62 <li>
62 <a href="files/foster_care_tsd_standards_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">
62 Standard 2 - Understand your role as a foster carer
62 </a>
62 .
62 </li>
63 </ul>
64 </div>
65 <p>
65 <br />
66 </p>
67 <h2 class="h2_underlined">
67 Contents
67 </h2>
68 <ol>
69 <li>
69 <a href="#intro">
69 Introduction
69 </a>
69 </li>
70 <li>
70 <a href="#yourrole">
70 Your Role
70 </a>
70 </li>
71 <li>
71 <a href="#what_info">
71 What Information do I Need When a Child is Placed
71 </a>
71 </li>
72 <li>
72 <a href="#meeting">
72 Meeting The Child/Young Person
72 </a>
72 </li>
73 <li>
73 <a href="#careplan">
73 The Child's Care Plan
73 </a>
73 </li>
74 <li>
74 <a href="#placement_plan">
74 The Child's Placement Plan
74 </a>
74 </li>
75 <li>
75 <a href="#chi_guide">
75 The Children's Guide
75 </a>
75 </li>
76 </ol>
77 <p>
77 <br />
78 </p>
79 <h2 class="h2_underlined">
79 1.
79 <a name="intro" id="intro">
79 </a>
79 Introduction
79 </h2>
80 <p>
80 Congratulations, now you have been approved as a foster carer you will be allocated a Supervising
Social Worker from the fostering service. They will make sure you have all the information and
support needed to offer the best possible placements to children and young people.
80 </p>
81 <p>
81 Your approval as a foster carer will be regularly reviewed, see
81 <a href="review_approval.html">
81 Reviewing my Approval and Appeals
81 </a>
81 .
81 </p>
82 <p>
82 You will be asked to enter into a
82 <a href="fc_agreement.html">
82 Foster Care Agreement
82 </a>
82 with the fostering service.
82 </p>
83 <p>
83 <br />
84 </p>
85 <h2 class="h2_underlined">
85 2.
85 <a name="yourrole" id="yourrole">
85 </a>
85 Your Role
85 </h2>
86 <ul>
87 <li>
87 Providing a safe and caring environment for the child/young person;
87 </li>
88 <li>
88 Supporting and meeting the health needs of the child/young person;
88 </li>
89 <li>
89 Ensure a child/young person’s attendance at educational settings including nursery, school,
college and any placement. Encourage them to learn and help them with their homework;
89 </li>
90 <li>
90 Contributing to lifestory work while a child is in placement with you;
90 </li>
91 <li>
91 Supporting and, if appropriate, facilitate contact with a child’s birth family and significant
others;
91 </li>
92 <li>
92 Supporting and, if appropriate, facilitating the transition between fostering placement and an
adoptive/other placement;
92 </li>
93 <li>
93 Establishing a routine, clear boundaries and an understanding of issues that impact upon the
child/young person;
93 </li>
94 <li>
94 Supporting and promoting the child’s development so they can achieve their full potential and
have the best life chances;
94 </li>
95 </ul>
96 <p>
96 <br />
97 </p>
98 <h2 class="h2_underlined">
98 3.
98 <a name="what_info" id="what_info">
98 </a>
98 What Information do I Need When a Child is Placed
98 </h2>
99 <p>
99 A social worker from the fostering service will contact you when they are looking for a placement
for a child/young person that is in your approval category. When they do, you need to be sure that
the child/young person will be best placed with you.
99 </p>
100 <p>
100 It will be useful to prepare a list of questions that you may want to ask when they call. If you
are unsure about any placement you must discuss this.
100 </p>
101 <p>
101 You may want to ask:
101 </p>
102 <ol>
103 <li>
103 The social workers name, is the case allocated, if not, who do you contact in the future;
103 </li>
104 <li>
104 The child's name, age, how they identify in relation to gender, ethnic origin, religion;
104 </li>
105 <li>
105 Does the child have any special dietary, cultural or linguistic needs;
105 </li>
106 <li>
106 The child’s legal status;
106 </li>
107 <li>
107 General picture of the family situation;
107 </li>
108 <li>
108 What are contact arrangements;
108 </li>
109 <li>
109 How is the child’s health, do they have any allergies or medical problems or are they currently
on medication;
109 </li>
110 <li>
110 Are they at school, nursery or placement. Are there any issues;
110 </li>
111 <li>
111 Does the child have any communication issues;
111 </li>
112 <li>
112 Any there any behavioural problems;
112 </li>
113 <li>
113 Are there any known risks from the child, e.g. aggressive or sexualised behaviour;
113 </li>
114 <li>
114 Who will bring the child and with what clothes and belongings?
114 </li>
115 <li>
115 When will you have full information about the child.
115 </li>
116 </ol>
117 <p>
117 You need as much information as possible about a child/ young person before they come into your
home.
117 </p>
118 <p>
118 You should receive written information before the placement from the child’s social worker.
Occasionally for example in emergencies, there can be a delay.
118 </p>
119 <p>
119 This should be no longer than 5 days. No information can be withheld from you without a manager’s
approval and this will only be in rare cases.
119 </p>
120 <p>
120 <br />
121 </p>
122 <h2 class="h2_underlined">
122 4.
122 <a name="meeting" id="meeting">
122 </a>
122 Meeting The Child/Young Person
122 </h2>
123 <p>
123 Wherever possible there should be a period of introductions between you, your family and the
child.
123 </p>
124 <p>
124 This should involve:
124 </p>
125 <ul>
126 <li>
126 The child/young person receiving information about you, your home and members of your family
network;
126 </li>
127 <li>
127 The child/young person having at least one overnight visit before a placement is confirmed.
127 </li>
128 </ul>
129 <p>
129 Throughout the introduction process, you should talk to the child/young person about general
information about bedtimes, meals, visitors, pocket money, school, privacy and their general high
expectations about behaviour.
129 </p>
130 <p>
130 The child should be encouraged to talk about what they expect so they can sort out any concerns
before the placement starts.
130 </p>
131 <p>
131 <br />
132 </p>
133 <h2 class="h2_underlined">
133 5.
133 <a name="careplan" id="careplan">
133 </a>
133 The Child's Care Plan
133 </h2>
134 <p>
134 The child’s
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134 Care Plan
134 </a>
134 provides information of the work that must be done to meet the needs of the child/young person.
134 </p>
135 <p>
135 <br />
136 </p>
137 <h2 class="h2_underlined">
137 6.
137 <a name="placement_plan" id="placement_plan">
137 </a>
137 The Child's Placement Plan
137 </h2>
138 <p>
138 The Supervising Social Worker, you, the child/young person, family members and the child’s social
worker will put together the
138 <a href="http://trixresources.proceduresonline.com/nat_key/keywords/placement_plan.html"
target="_blank">
138 Placement Plan
138 </a>
138 . This is completed either on the day or within five days of a placement being made.
138 </p>
139 <p>
139 The Placement Plan covers:
139 </p>
140 <ul>
141 <li>
141 Purpose of the placement;
141 </li>
142 <li>
142 Any agreements about health or educational needs;
142 </li>
143 <li>
143 The child’s personal history;
143 </li>
144 <li>
144 The child’s likes/dislikes;
144 </li>
145 <li>
145 The rules of the placement, including how the child should behave;
145 </li>
146 <li>
146 Agreements for contact between the child/young person family or relevant individuals;
146 </li>
147 <li>
147 When social work visits to the child and yourself will happen and any review meetings.
147 </li>
148 </ul>
149 <p>
149 See
149 <a href="understanding.html">
149 Understanding Placement Plans and Looked After Reviews
149 </a>
149 .
149 </p>
150 <p>
150 <br />
151 </p>
152 <h2 class="h2_underlined">
152 7.
152 <a name="chi_guide" id="chi_guide">
152 </a>
152 The Children's Guide
152 </h2>
153 <p>
153 The child/young person should receive this when they start a placement. This guide will help
children and young people understand about foster care and provide information that may be
important to them. It will tell them about their rights and how they can contact people such as
their
153 <a
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target="_blank">
153 Independent Reviewing Officer
153 </a>
153 or Ofsted if they wish to raise a concern. It will also explain the information which the
fostering service keeps on them and why, including who it might be shared with, and their right to
access their case file. You should go through the guide with the child/young person in terms they
may understand.
153 </p>
154 <p>
154 If the child needs the Children’s Guide in another format such as in another language or Makaton
the fostering service should provide it.
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171 Being a Foster Carer
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172 Safeguarding Everyone in our Household
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173 The Placement
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