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Home Page:

• Home

About Us:

• Introduction
• Getting Started with this Handbook
• Useful Contacts
• City of York Fostering Service Statement of Purpose
• Children’s Guide
• Foster Carers' Charter

Being a Foster Carer:

• What happens now I am approved?
• Foster Care Agreement
• 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 Family and Friends Foster Carers - Evidence Workbook
  • Training, Support and Development Standards - Short Break Carers Standards and 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:

• Safeguarding Children and Referring Safeguarding Concerns
• What happens if an allegation is made against me or my family?
• 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
• Bullying
• Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
• Extremism and Radicalisation
• Self-Harm and Suicidal Behaviour
• Child Criminal Exploitation and County Lines
• Female Genital Mutilation
• The Foster Home and Health and Safety
• Surveillance and Monitoring

The Placement:

• Types of Placement (including changes e.g. Adoption)
• Understanding Placement Plans and Looked After 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?
• Involving Children in Decision Making
• Risk Assessment and Planning
• Health
• School and Education
• On-going Contact Between the Child and Their Family
• Disabled Children and Children who May Need Special Medical Help
• Positive Relationships and Behaviour Management
• Restrictive Physical Intervention and Restraint
• Relationships and Sex
• Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking
• Identity
• Keeping Memories
• Transport
• Baby Sitters, Day Care and Overnight Stays
• First Aid and Medication
• Moving Towards Independence

Other Resources:

• Useful Resources
• Forms and Records
• Training & Support
• Glossary