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10/11/2017
 Foster Talk Memberships
Your individual memberships with
Foster Talk commenced from the 1st November, and if you haven’t
already received your welcome pack you will do soon. You can access the
member’s area of their website via www.fostertalk.org
, and from there access the discounts, benefits and advice available to you.
Click here to see what some of the benefits are.
Foster Talk Launch
We have arranged
for Foster Talk to come along and meet the Foster Carers, so that they can talk
through what they offer. There are 4 events
taking place and they are as follows;
Wednesday 29th November Friday 1st
December
Kenn Centre Old Heathcote
School Community Centre
Exeter Road, 81
King Street,
Kennford, Tiverton
Exeter EX16
5JJ
EX6 7UE Meeting
10-11am
Meeting 10-11am (Milford Room)
Wednesday 29th November Friday 1st
December
Follaton House Filleigh
Village Hall
Plymouth Road Filleigh,
Totnes Barnstaple,
TQ9 5NE EX32
0RS
Meeting 1-2pm (Repton Room) Meeting
1-2pm
The event is just
for an hour and it would be great if you could go along and meet them.
Please confirm
your attendance to
childsc.fosteringoperationsmanager-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
Placement
Agreements
As you know for every
young person you look after you should be given a copy of the ‘Placement
Agreement’ document, the form that contains the signatures and consents that
enable you to look after that young person.
We want to make sure you have this important document, so
over the coming weeks your supervising worker will be checking that you’ve
received one for the children/young people currently living with you. For your
future placements remember we’re working with our children/young people’s
social worker colleagues to ensure you always receive them.
 Release of Additional Tickets for the Pantomime
We are so encouraged by the response for tickets for the
pantomime and I know people are excited to have an evening of celebration and
fun.
We are now very pleased to say that we have capacity to
invite your birth children and foster children to the event too.
If you have already applied for tickets please respond to
the email confirming your booking and request additional tickets by the date
indicated.
If you have not applied for tickets and would like to attend
with or without children please request your tickets by emailing
childsc.fosteringoperationsmanager-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
Please state in the subject line your surname / area / and
number of tickets requested. The
deadline for responses is 24/11/17
All successful applications will be confirmed by 04/12/17
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 Save the Date! - Christmas Lunch for Mid and East Foster Carers and the staff team
The Mid and East fostering team would like to invite carers
in Mid and East to attend a Christmas lunch with us at Sampford Peverell
Village Hall on Friday 08/12/2017. We will provide lunch – more details
and times to follow but please could you save the date and let us know if you
are planning to attend so we have an idea of numbers.
Please email Ben.Scott@devon.gov.uk with your
name(s) if you want to come (and let us know any allergies/dietary
requirements). We look forward to seeing you! (Christmas cheer
guaranteed!). Best wishes from the Mid and East Fostering Team.
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Save the Date! 21/12/2017 – Christmas Day out at the
Donkey Sanctuary for Carers and Children in Mid and East Devon and Exeter
We are planning a day out at the
Donkey Sanctuary for carers in Mid and East Devon and Exeter (and fostered
children and children who foster) on Thursday 21st December 2017.
We are planning for this to include a Treasure Trail for younger children, and
lunch for everyone. If you would like to attend please can you contact
foster carer Katie Ranft by email - ranfts@talktalk.net
- with your name and how many adults/children you expect to bring (and whether
the children will want to go on a Treasure Trail).
Once we have an idea
of numbers we can provide more details. If we have a large number of
responses we may need to limit the activity to first come, first served but we
are hoping that everyone who wants to can come.
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Save the Date and RSVP –
10/12/2017 – Christmas Party for Children in Exeter (open to children in
fostering households in both Exeter and Mid and East Devon)
Please see attached flyer -
Sunday 10th December, 3-6pm, The Deepway Centre, Exminster, EX6 8ST.
There will be a visit from Father Christmas with gifts for all children in care
and the children who help to care for them! RSVP with names and ages of
all children attending to Sarah Denton (via messenger or mobile 07707 998518) or
Sarah Turner (sarah.turner@talktalk.net).
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 County Lines
County lines, sometimes referred
to as Dangerous Drug Networks (DDN’s) is the police term for urban gangs
supplying drugs into our local market and coastal towns using dedicated mobile
phone numbers, often referred to as ‘graft phones’ or ‘deal lines’. This
article is important to read as we know that children and young people in care
are vulnerable to being drawn in.
Please Click Here
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Support Groups
Please click here for the Support Groups Calendar.
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Helping Children When they Must Move - Barnstaple
Due to this original course on the course on the 06/12/2017 falling on the same day as the North Christmas Support Group. We have now moved this course to the 11/01/2017 at North Devon Leisure Centre. The course will begin at 10am and finish at 2pm.
Please email; fostertraining@devon.gov.uk to register your interest for this course.
Many Thanks
Fostering Training Team
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Training Manual
For the 2017 / 2018
Training Manual - Please Click Here
Fostering
Devon Key Contacts
Strategy
Group Members
Peer
Guides
Devon Duty
 
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