by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 16, 2021 | Blog
JACKIE EDWARDS, PROFESSIONAL ADVISOR AT FOSTERTALK SHARES HER STORY FOR WORLD SOCIAL WORK DAY. I started my social work career in 1988, which seems very long ago! On world social work day I have been reflecting on the way that social work has changed over the past 30...
by FosterTalk Admin | Mar 1, 2021 | Blog
LGBTQ+ ADOPTION AND FOSTERING WEEK Today marks the start of LGBTQ+ Adoption and Fostering week and this year’s theme is ‘Build Your Family’. But how easy it is for LGBTQ+ foster parents to build a family? Is prejudice still causing a barrier in preventing parents...
by FosterTalk Admin | Feb 3, 2021 | Blog
The term mental wealth is a combination of mental health and Wellbeing. When we talk about mental health it’s usually in a negative context, people associate mental health with mental health problems – mental health isn’t just a negative thing. Of course, it is...
by FosterTalk Admin | Feb 1, 2021 | Blog
Rachel Cole, Head of Operations and Services at FosterTalk has published her first set of children’s books as part of her ‘Amazing Bodies’ series. Author Rachel, who is also a mother and foster carer was inspired to put pen to paper after her passion for creative...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jan 22, 2021 | Blog
This blog piece has come from Cliff Faulder from About Face! Here Cliff Talks about the National Curriculum and the safeguarding issues he thinks it’s currently causing! CHECK OUT ABOUTFACE HERE! The Guardian Newspaper published an article last week, asking if the...
by FosterTalk Admin | Jan 18, 2021 | Blog
WHAT IS THE REVIEW? The government’s manifesto committed to review the children’s social care system to make sure children and young people get the support they need. Our CEO Daniel Croft recently blogged about the need for Foster Carers to be involved in the review...
