Fostering Service Places for Useful Information KCC Website http://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/adoption-and-fostering
Kent Fostering http://www.fosteringhandbook.com/kent/index.html Handbook Foster Carers Handbook has been designed for new and existing foster carers and deals with the day to day practicalities you may face. KCC Foster http://www.fosteringhandbook.com/kent/training.html Carer Training Information about training and development opportunities available for KCC foster carers. KCC Fostering http://www.fosteringhandbook.com/kent/user_controlled_lcms_area/uploaded_files/Traini Resource ng_and_Development_Book_List_0611.pdf Library Phone: 03000 411 951 Email: [email protected]
Contact Sue Douglas Senior Administration Officer Foster Carer Training for books and DVDs relating to fostering. Foster Carer http://kentchildcare.proceduresonline.com/chapters/contents.html#fostering_adopt Manual Foster Carer http://www.fosteringhandbook.com/kent/guidance.html Newsletter Phone: 01233 898572 Email: [email protected]
Current and past issues of the Foster Carer Newsletter. To submit articles contact Chris Clark - Fostering & Adoption Recruitment Co-ordinator. Kent Foster www.kfca.org.uk Care Associati Mobile: 07977 480014 on Home: 01843 834834 Email: [email protected] [email protected] KFCA (KFCA Chairman - Susan Adkins) 8 Gresham Avenue Westbrook Margate Kent CT9 5EH
The Kent Foster Care Association is a free service run by volunteers who are Kent foster carers and cover the four corners of Kent. They work closely with Social Services and Education, in support of foster carers and children in care. Social Care www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk Online Social Care Online Team Social Care Institute for Excellence Fifth floor, 2-4 Cockspur Street London SW1Y 5BH Phone: 020 7024 7650 Email: [email protected]
Information about the Independent Review Mechanism for Foster Care. Department for www.education.gov.uk Education This is a useful resource for most of the legislation and guidance that applies to both carers and fostering agencies, including KCC fostering service. HM Revenue & http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/courses/syob/fc/HTML/fc_101.html Taxes Online tool to help foster carers register with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as self-employed.
Foster carers can access the guide on the HMRC Website. FosterTalk www.fostertalk.org Phone: 0844 800 3880 Email: [email protected]
FosterTalk is a not for profit organisation providing high quality, professional support, advice and preferential pricing arrangements to foster carers. British http://www.baaf.org.uk/ Association for BAAF, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London, EC1N 8TS Adoption & Fostering Phone: 020 7421 2600 (BAAF) Email: [email protected]
BAAF supports, advises and campaigns for better outcomes for children in care. They work with everyone involved with adoption and fostering across the UK who provide services to meet the needs of some of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.
The Fostering www.fostering.net Network The Fostering Network 87 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8HA Phone: 020 7620 6400 Email: [email protected]
The Fostering Network influences policy and campaigns for improvements.
HM Revenue & http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/courses/syob/fc/HTML/fc_101.html Taxes Online tool to help foster carers register with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as self-employed.
Foster carers can access the guide on the HMRC Website. Fosterline www.fostering.net/advice/england England Phone: 0800 040 7675 Email: [email protected]
Fosterline is a dedicated advice line for foster carers, covering all aspects of fostering.
Fosterline is open 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday (except bank holidays).
The Letterbox http://www.letterboxlibrary.com/index.htmlLetterbox Library, Unit 151 Stratford Library Workshops, Burford Road, Stratford London E15 2SP
Phone: 0207 5034801 Email: [email protected]
Letterbox Library has been a leading education supplier, bringing teachers, librarians and parents the best in multicultural and inclusive children's books.
The Royal www.rospa.com Society Phone: 0121 248 2000 for the General email enquiries to: [email protected] Preventio n of The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) mission is to save lives and Accidents reduce injuries. A key RoSPA principle is that life, particularly our leisure time, should be (RoSPA) as safe as necessary, not as safe as possible. This means that unless risks are intolerable, good accident prevention is about enabling them to be managed safely, rather than banning activities altogether.
Useful information regarding child car seats, seat belts and dangerous garden plants can be found using the search facility on the RoSPA website. We hope you find this information useful. Please let us know if you find the information has changed or discover other organisations that provide information which other foster cares may also find useful, so we can amend the document.