Fostering Devon Newsletter 01/09/2017

Cinema Tickets – Young People in Care in the Exeter and East Devon Area – 14 to 18 years

The fostering service has fifty cinema tickets to give away to young people in care.  Initially these were offered via the newsletter to young people aged 16 to 18 in the Exeter and East area.  Due to the small number of requests we have received we have now expanded this to include young people in care aged 14 to 18 in the Exeter and East area.  Please see below for details on how to claim.

Tickets will be issued as e-codes (by email), valid for 12 months at any non-London Vue Cinema.  They are for 2-D films only.  Tickets will be available on a first-come first-serve basis.  To request a ticket please follow the following instructions;

i.  Send an email with the subject line CINEMA, this must include (1) Name of young person in care (2) Their DOB (3) Name of foster carer (4) Name of foster carers’ worker (4) Address of placement.  Email to fosteringassessmentsadministration-mailbox@devon.gov.uk.

ii. Only the carer providing the main placement for the young person can apply.  If the young person is on respite it should still be the main carer applying please (to avoid duplication).

iii. The first fifty applications received that follow these instructions will receive a reply with an e-ticket attached for each of the eligible young person in their care.  If you do not receive a reply then unfortunately you have not been successful – our apologies but replies to all emails cannot be guaranteed due to the volume of emails likely to be received.

Joanne Hyson

Welcome Day Courses For New Carers

-  To introduce newly approved foster carers to the structure of Devon’s Fostering Service

- How placements are made

- Information on Recording Skills and data protection.

- The role of the Independent Reviewing Officer

- To explore working in partnership with parents, children and young people’s services, education, health, and others involved in the care and well being of children and young people in care.

Dates:

Exeter - Newcourt Community Centre 26th September 9:30am - 12:30pm

Totnes - Follaton House 29th September 9:30am - 12:30pm

Barnstaple - North Devon Leisure Centre 3rd October 10:00am - 1:00pm

If you have been approved as a Foster Carer for a long period of time and have not attended this training course, you may have covered the course content. Please speak to your supervising social worker for advice.

If you would like to attend one of these courses, please email; Fostertraining@devon.gov.uk with the date that you would like to attend.

Autistic spectrum disorders – Child Sexual Exploitation, Radicalisation and Predatory Behaviours.

We have a small number of places available to foster carers on a training course entitled “Autistic spectrum disorders – Child Sexual Exploitation, Radicalisation and Predatory Behaviours”.  This course focuses on these risks specifically in relation to children who are diagnosed with an autistic spectrum disorder.

Tuesday 10th October 2017, AM session – 9.30am to 12.30pm. Coaver Conference Room, County Hall, Exeter

Tuesday 10th October 2017, PM session – 1.30pm to 4.30pm Coaver Conference Room, County Hall, Exeter

If you would like a place on either session please email fostertraining@devon.gov.uk (and state which session you want to attend).