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National Minimum Standards for Fostering: Implications for kinship foster care in England

| Clare Seth

This Practice Note considers the National Minimum Standards (NMS) within the context of kinship foster care and how this differs from mainstream foster care. It provides practitioners and panel members with reflections about the interpretation of NMS for kinship foster carers, alongside practice points to ensure that they are supported to meet the NMS within the caring relationship they have for a specific child/ren.

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Protecting looked after and adopted children from sexual abuse in care: A guide for professionals

| Hedy Cleaver and Wendy Rose

This companion guide draws on information in the associated Good Practice Guide, 'Child sexual abuse in foster and kinship care, special guardianship and adoption: Learning from safeguarding reviews 2007–2022'. This guide details the results of a study of safeguarding reviews involving 87 children, who were sexually abused by members of the household or family friends while living with foster or kinship carers, special guardians or adopters.

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Book bundle for school children

| Various authors

Get our newest children's book, 'Where did my dinosaur go?', alongside our most popular children's book series for a discounted price!

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Working with school children

| Various authors

Get your copies of the most popular titles in our Parenting Matters series. These books address key areas around trust, behavioural issues and trauma, and how these can affect children’s behaviour and learning in education.

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Placing children with relatives overseas

| Cathie Jenkins and Sandra Latter

This Practice Note emphasises the initial aspects to consider before seeking to assess a potential kinship carer who lives overseas. It is not intended to cover all aspects of the topic, but to help establish basic eligibility.

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Unlawful placements in kinship care

| Ann Horne, Alexandra Conroy Harris, and Augusta Itua

In many situations, the reality of the placement becoming unlawful speaks more to the limitations of the regulations themselves, than whether the placement is the best place for a child to live. In an effort to help practitioners navigate these challenges, we have published the following a practice note.