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• Home
• Procedures

About Us:

• Introduction
• Getting Started with this Handbook
• Useful Contacts and Suggestions
• Foster Carer Ambassadors
• Map of Kent with Local Fostering Support Team

Being a Foster Carer:

• What happens now I am approved?
• Foster Care Agreement
• Policy for Foster Carers Annual Leave
  (This link takes you to the Kent Children’s Services Procedures Manual)
  • See also: 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
  • See also: Pocket Money and Savings
• 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
• Recording
• Significant Events and Notifications - When I need to tell other people about things
• Working with Families and other Professionals

Safeguarding Everyone in our Household:

• 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
• My Foster Child is Missing
• Internet, Photographs and Mobile Phones
• Social Networking Information
• Bullying
• Child Sexual Exploitation
• Extremism and Radicalisation
• 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
• 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)
• Health
• School and Education
• Contact Between the Child and Their Family
• Disabled Children and Children who Need Special Medical Help
• Behaviour Management and Safe Caring
• Relationships and Sex
• Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking
• Identity
• Keeping Memories
• Transport
• Baby Sitters and Overnight Stays
• First Aid and Medication
• Moving Towards Independence

Other Resources:

• Useful Resources/Newsletters & Fostering Events
• Kent Fostering Policy and Guidance/Fostering Forms
• Training & Support
• Keywords
• The Pledge