Our kinship care consultants develop a range of practice notes, briefings and other resources to support our members in special guardianship, private fostering, kinship foster care and other care plans involving family members and friends. They also support the exchange of ideas and good practice at our practice forums.
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Birth mothers’ experiences of having children in kinship care
In October, Pause published a paper highlighting the experiences of birth mothers who have children placed in kinship care. It draws on their learnings from working with over 1,800 birth mothers over the past decade, as well as in-depth conversations with a group of four women who have children placed in kinship care.
Read morePrivate Fostering Awareness Day
On the 6 November, we hosted our second Private Fostering Awareness Day! A child who is cared for by someone who is not a close relative for more than 28 days is living in a private fostering arrangement. All local authorities have a responsibility to raise awareness of private fostering in their area.
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Continue raising awareness
Take a look at the events and resources that we hosted for this year's Private Fostering Awareness Day. Browse our newly published report, posters, banners and more. Continue raising awareness in your area today.
Find out moreLatest blogs and updates
- Kinship Care Week: How do we help people understand what kinship care is?
- Tell us about private fostering in your area
- Kinship care matters – the National Kinship Care Strategy
- Reflections on care planning in the kinship context
- Kinship Care Week 2–8 October 2023 #DoOneThing
- Learning from Windrush: a kinship care context
- New Form K (kinship assessment) in the pipeline
- Does the new implementation strategy go far enough for kinship carers and their families?
Incorporating what matters to children into practice with kinship care
We are delighted to be able to publish Dr Paul Shuttleworth's latest work, ‘Incorporating what matters to children into practice with kinship care: Listen, Understand, Do’.
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Listen, Understand, Do
A practical guide to listening to children living in kinship families to help ensure that their voices and views are heard and acted upon.The guide is accompanied by a short video that powerfully illustrates the importance of listening to children.
Find out moreWorking with Ukrainian children and families
Supporting kinship carers of Ukrainian refugee children (2024)
Read the latest version of our FAQs which has been updated to reflect the changes to visa schemes. We have produced a set of comprehensive FAQs to help professionals navigate the tricky interface between social care and immigration law.
Download nowTop ten tips for social workers working with Ukrainian children
For those wanting a summary about how they can support Ukrainian children in kinship care families read our top ten tips!
This is a condensed version of our 'Frequently Asked Questions' resource,- we have included the headlines and key points from our longer document to offer a shorter and accessible version as an introduction to the topic.
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Our multidisciplinary groups and provide a platform to our members so we can advocate on their behalf to Government, and ensure that their voices are heard in the development of legislation, policy and practice.
Kinship Care Practice Forum
Discuss developing areas of policy and share views at our Kinship Care Practice Forum.
Private Fostering Practice Forum
Discuss developing policy and practice dilemmas in Private Fostering arrangements.
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