Dictionary Result for : 'F'
Family Group Conference
Is a meeting that is sometimes organised by social workers as a way of bringing a whole family together to see if they can help solve a problem without a child being taken into care. It involves mums, dads, brothers, sisters, aunties, uncle’s, even grandparents and neighbours and a family group conference can happen more than once.
Foster carer
Foster carers are members of the general public who are employed to look after children who are in care. Foster carers come from all different backgrounds and are all different ages and have different experiences. Your social worker will try to match you with a carer that they think you would get along with.
Fostering panel
A group of professionals that meet to review potential and existing foster carers. They make recommendations on whether someone should become a foster carer, stay fostering or be matched long term with a child.
Foster placement (Emergency)
Sometimes emergencies happen and social workers need to have placements that they can take a child to at short notice. An emergency placement will probably only last a few days whilst people try and solve whatever problems the emergency has thrown up. You should be given an information sheet with photos and things about where you will be going.
Foster placement (Long Term)
This is where a foster placement has been identified for you and it is where your social worker would like you to stay until you are at least eighteen years old.
Foster placement (Short Term)
A short term foster carer may look after you for a few weeks or months but the plan will always be for you to move somewhere else, for example to a long term carer or back home.
Fostering Team
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