Undertaking a fostering assessment in Wales

This guide helps social workers to manage and complete a comprehensive and evidence-based assessment of prospective applicants who want to foster a child or children. It is to be used by assessing social workers to complete a Prospective Foster Carer’s Report using CoramBAAF's Form F (Wales).

This guide is primarily based on Section B of Form F, which brings together information about the applicant – individual profile and family and environmental factors; present circumstances; becoming foster carers. Each section presents a list of trigger questions that can facilitate further discussion and encourage exploration of different areas and suggestions as to how this can be analysed to assess an applicant's suitability, or not, to foster. It also includes guidance on kinship care assessments.

The guide includes worksheets to help assessors to plan and keep track of ongoing assessments, and useful checklists about safer caring, completing ecomaps and health and safety issues.

This guide is for all those undertaking fostering assessments in Wales. The guide will be of particular use to those who are new to the task, or concerned about covering all necessary aspects.

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