by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 21, 2022 | News
The John Lewis Partnership is today announcing a new plan to support young people leaving the care system – a community too often overlooked by employers – to find meaningful jobs. This forms part of the Partnership’s long term ambition to become the...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 19, 2022 | News
Senior councillors in Leeds are set to discuss an increase in pay for foster carers at a meeting of Leeds City Council’s executive board next week (October 19). The proposal is to boost weekly maintenance allowances paid to Leeds foster carers by 7% to help with the...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 18, 2022 | News
Wales Online spoke to foster carers in Wales who have opened up their homes to welcome children fleeing their homelands as it’s estimated more than 100 young refugees are arriving in the country every year. When Mike Foster fell off a ladder while working as a...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 13, 2022 | News
Fees and allowances paid to foster carers in Rotherham look set to rise. The council plans to boost payments from 50% to 100% for those caring for more than two children, in a bid to increase fostering in the town. A report to the authority, which is due to discuss...
by FosterTalk Admin | Oct 10, 2022 | News
SEVEN Thurrock foster carers had to be suspended despite a national shortage because of insufficient standards of care, it has been revealed. Dan Jones, Thurrock’s strategic lead for looked after children, gave an update on a fostering recruitment campaign to...
