Contents List

Home Page:

• Home

About Us:

• Getting Started With This Handbook
• Bradford Children and Families Trust Fostering Service Statement of Purpose
• Promoting Equality and Diversity
• Children's Guide - A guide to Fostering for Children Aged 12 and Over

Being a Foster Carer:

• What Happens Now I am Approved?
• Foster Care Agreement (2021)
• Developing a Safer Caring Plan
  • Appendix 1: Developing a Safer Caring Plan Template
• Support and Supervision
• Money Matters and Insurance
• Support to Your Own Children
• Reviewing my Approval and Appeals
• Training and Development
  • Training, Support and Development Standards for Foster Care - Evidence Workbook
  • Training, Support and Development Standards for Foster Care - Guidance
  • Training, Support and Development Standards for Foster Care - Evidencing Factsheet
  • Training, Support and Development Standards for Short Break Foster Carers - Workbook
  • Training, Support and Development Standards for Family and Friends Foster Carers - Workbook
• Recording and Information Sharing
• Significant Events and Notifications – When I Need to Tell Other People About Things
• Working with Families and Other Professionals

Safeguarding Everyone in our Household:

• What Happens if an Allegation is Made Against Me or My Family?
• Complaints By and For Children
• How Can I make a Complaint Against Foster for Bradford?
• Whistleblowing
• Missing Children
• Internet, Photographs and Mobile Phones
• Countering Bullying
• Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
• Extremism and Radicalisation
• Female Genital Mutilation
• The Foster Home and Health and Safety

The Placement:

• Types of Placement (including changes e.g. Adoption)
• Understanding Placement Plans and Child in Care Reviews
• Helping a Child to Settle Into Your Home
• My Placement May Be Breaking Down
• Ending a Placement

Caring for Children:

• What Decisions Can I Make?

See also: Bradford Children and Families Trust Delegated Authority Decision Support Tool for Foster Carers, Social Workers, Parents and Young People

• Health
• School and Education
• Family Time Between the Child, Their Family and Others
• Children with a Disability and Those Who May Need Special Medical Help
• Promoting Positive Behaviour
• Relationships and Sex
• Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking
• Identity
• Keeping Memories
• Transport
• Babysitters, Day Care and Overnight Stays
• First Aid and Medication
• Moving Towards Independence

Resources:

• Useful Resources - Useful Resources, Newsletters, Points of Contact
• Foster for Bradford Policies and Guidance - Foster for Bradford Policy and Guidance; Foster for Bradford forms, Payment for skills, Annual reviews
• Training and Development - Training and development, Face to face training, e-Learning, Qualification training