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Home Page:

• Home
• Procedures

About Us:

• Getting Started with this Handbook
• Points of Contact
• Foster Carer Ambassadors
• Map of Kent with Local Fostering Support Team
• Foster Carers’ Charter

Being a Foster Carer:

• What happens now I am approved?
• Foster Care Agreement
• Annual Leave Form
  (This link takes you to the Kent Children’s Services Procedures Manual)
• 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
• Foster Carer Diary Record Policy
• Significant Events and Notifications - When I need to tell other people about things
• Working with Families and other Professionals

Safeguarding Everyone in our Household:

• Safeguarding Children and Young People and Referring Safeguarding Concerns
• Allegations and Complaints Against Foster Carers
  (This link takes you to the Kent Children's Services Procedure Manual)
• Complaints by and for Children
• How can I make a Complaint against the Fostering Service
• Whistleblowing
• Missing Children
• Internet, Photographs and Mobile Phones
• Social Networking Information
• Bullying
• Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
• Extremism and Radicalisation
• Child Criminal Exploitation and County Lines
• Female Genital Mutilation
• Self-harm and Suicidal Behaviour
• The Foster Home and Health and Safety
• Surveillance and Monitoring

The Placement:

• Types of Placement (including changes e.g. Adoption)
• Understanding Placement Plans and Child in Care Reviews
• Risk Assessments and Foster Carers
  (This link takes you to the Kent Children's Services Procedures Manual)
• 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: Delegated Authority
    (This link takes you to the Kent Children's Services Procedures Manual)
• Involving Children in Decision Making
• Risk Assessment and Planning
• Health
• School and Education
• Contact Between the Child and Their Family
• Disabled Children and Children who Need Special Medical Help
• Relationships and Sex
• Positive Relationships and Behaviour Management
• Restrictive Physical Intervention and Restraint
• Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking
• Identity
• Keeping Memories
• Transporting Children
• Baby Sitters and Overnight Stays
• First Aid and Medication
• Moving Towards Independence

Other Resources:

• Newsletters and Service Updates
• Kent Fostering Policies and Guidance
• Training & Development
• Keywords
• The Pledge