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Foster Carer Report

Bracknell Forest Family Placement Team

Foster Carer Review

The Fostering Services Regulations 2011

This review is to be undertaken six months after the initial approval of the foster carers, and annually thereafter.

Please complete in preparation for your review, along with your professional development plan(PDP). Please provide examples, where required of how you feel you have made a difference to children and young people.

1. Carer Information

Carer 1	Carer 2
Name
Ethnicity
D.O.B
Address
Type and hours of employment
Telephone
Email
Supervising Social Worker

2.	What is your current approval?

3.	Other Household Members

Name	D.O.B./Age	Relationship to carer

List children currently placed,

Name	Age	Ethnicity	Start date	Social Worker

5.	Changes since last review – actual or pending

Accommodation, family structure, including extended family

Employment, school or other commitments

Health of family members

Other significant events

6.	Do you have in place the following?

Safe care agreement
Health and safety plan
Lockable box for confidential records
Foster carers manual
Bracknell forest laptop
Supervision Agreement
Home insurance
Pet assessment (if applicable)
Complaints leaflet
Foster care allowances policy
Foster carer diary
TDS workbook and certificate of completion (CWDC)
Training portfolio and professional development plan (PDP)

7.	First review only

Have you been offered and completed your induction? If not please state why.

Do you have a Foster Carer Agreement?

Progress of TDS workbook – to be completed within 12 months (18 months if short break carer) of approval and any barriers to completion.

8.	Please provide specific examples/evidence where you have made a difference for the children in your care since the last review.

Standard 1: Understand the principles and values essential for fostering children and young people (how children and young people, their families are treated with respect; as individuals wishes and feelings: as he/she is including race, culture and religion; confidentiality and information sharing)
E.g. Please describe and evidence outcomes for the children in your care for the last year.

Standard 2: Understand your role as a foster carer (Legislation, policies and procedures; relationships with parents and others; team working; being organised; complaints and compliments)
E.g. How do you promote relationships with parents, and others?

Standard 3: Understand health and safety, and healthy care (Legislation, policies and procedures, accommodation, healthy care and medication, personal safety and security, risk assessment)
E.g. Discuss how you promote healthy and safe care with the children and any risk assessment over the last year.

Standard 4: Know how to communicate effectively (Encourage communication, knowing about communication, communication with parents, families and friends; communication with organisations; principles of keeping good records)
E.g. How do you communicate effectively with parents, professionals and the children in your care?

Standard 5: Understand the development of children and young people (Attachment and stages of development; resilience, transitions; supporting play, activities, learning and supporting educational potential; understanding contexts; promote positive sexual health and sexual identity; supporting disabled children and children with special educational needs)
E.g. How have the children in your care developed over the last year with education, attachments etc. Have they gone through transitions?

Standard 6: Keep children and young people safe from harm (Legislation, policies and procedures; keeping children safe; recognising and responding to abuse; working with other agencies; whistle blowing)
E.g. How do you keep children in your care safe?

Standard 7: Develop yourself (Your role and approval as a foster carer; being aware of the impact of fostering on your sons and daughters and extended family; using support and supervision to develop your role; meeting learning needs as part of continuing professional development)
How have you used your training over the past year to support children in your care – give examples

9.	Professional Development Plan

Please provide a separate completed professional development plan as part of this review, which lists how you have achieved the 30 hours learning and training attended. This will be reviewed with your reviewing officer.

Future learning needs:

10.	Carers Profile

Do you have an updated profile to share with children?

11. Please comment on the following services:

11.1. The Fostering Service

Please evaluate the supervision provided by your supervising social worker; support received from Fostering Out of Hours, Fostering Duty, Fostering Allowances and any general comments for improving the service

11.2 Children and Families Teams, including visits provided by the children’s social worker.

11.3 Education and Health Provision for Looked After Children

11.4 Emergency Duty Service.

If you would prefer to give your feedback separately from your annual review, please return this form to the Fostering Team Manager/Assistant Team Manager in Family Placement.

Alternatively if you wish to speak with the reviewing officer separately please indicate below;

I would like to speak with the reviewing officer separately: Yes/No

12 Signatures

Foster Carer	Name	Date	Signature
Foster Carer	Name	Date	Signature