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Fostering Devon Newsletter 14/07/2017
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 Introduction from Luke Chapman
My name is Luke Chapman and I
am newest member of the management team for Fostering Devon, I joined on the 10th
of July as the Registered Manager. My first day started with a meeting
with carers and staff and was a great opportunity to see first-hand the
great work being done and the shared desire to get things right. I am
relocating with my family from Pembrokeshire in West Wales and we are looking
forward to discovering Devon and all its delights.
I have worked in Fostering
for the last 17 years in local authorities, the independent sector and with
various other national organisations. I trust that this experience will help me
in the task of supporting everyone to do a great job. I am aware that fostering
is unique in its challenges and its joys and I particularly look forward to
hearing from you personally about the achievements of our children and young
people so that we can share in your excitement of seeing them flourish.
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Message From Sonia Sandiford
Just to let you all know that my last day with the
Fostering Service is Wednesday 26th
July.
When I joined last year I was only going to be with
Devon temporarily for 3 months but it has
lasted nearly a year and I would just like to say that I have really enjoyed my
time in Devon getting to know everyone involved with the Fostering
Service.
You’ll see a new
manager has been appointed and I am sure you will all give Luke the same
support that you have given me.
Thank you all again for your hard work during my time
with you and I wish you all every success for the future.
Sonia Sandiford
 Special Award for Josh
Josh has just celebrated his high achievements
at school by receiving a prestigious Head Teacher award. Deb and Steve
celebrated with Josh and are so very proud of him, well done Josh!
(Right: Josh, Deb and Steve)
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Support Groups
If you want to check Support Group dates and other
information such as venues, we have created a new page in the Approved Carers
Zone of the Fostering Devon website. Please click here to go straight to it, we’ll keep a link to the page
in the newsletter each fortnight. You can search by date/venue or name of the
group in the advanced search option, or scroll through the list to see all the
groups on offer. We hope that you will find
this format helpful and easy to use.
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Please note the change of venue to the Honiton support group on 12th July - full details can be found here.
Details for the Exeter support group on 17th July can be found here.
Introduction to Child Protection and
Safeguarding
Introduction to Child Protection and
Safeguarding is available through the Devon Safeguarding Children's Board (DSCB). Please click here to see details of upcoming courses. If you wish to book on to one of these courses please email fostertraining@devon.gov.uk with the date and venue that you wish to attend.
Please note there is a £90 charge for non-attendance without enough notice for this particular course. We have no control over this charge as these courses are not run directly by our department. This charge also applies to staff members attending any courses through the DSCB.
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Training Programme
For the 2017 / 2018
Training Programme - Please Click Here
Fostering
Devon Key Contacts
Strategy
Group Members
Peer
Guides
Devon Duty
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