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Refer A Friend Scheme - Rate Increased to £500
At this time of year you
will be attending many school and community events in the lead up to Christmas
and you will be meeting many like-minded people. It is an ideal
opportunity to share your passion for fostering and the difference that being a
foster carer can make in a child’s life in Devon. So, for a short period
we have increased the rate of the Refer A Friend Scheme to £500 to reward your
efforts - click here to read more.
Survey for children/young
people – CiC Pledge Review
The Participation Team have met
with members of the Fostering Strategy Group about the current Pledge and put
together a questionnaire for all young people in care to respond to and give
their opinion on. They have sent paper copies of the questionnaire to young
people in care but there is also an online version. This is available here. Please can we ask for your help in encouraging the
young people you care for to complete the survey either on paper or
online. All entries returned with a name on will be entered into a draw
to win a £20 Love to Shop voucher.
Once the survey is closed on the
4th of December the evidence gathered will be will be
collated and then presented to colleagues in Childrens Services and members of
the Fostering Strategy Group so that all can work together to create a new
Pledge that is fit for purpose.
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21/12/2017 – Christmas Day
out at the Donkey Sanctuary for Carers and Children in Mid and East Devon and
Exeter
There will be a Christmas 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. This will include a Treasure Trail for younger children, and
lunch for everyone. Katie Ranft, foster carer, has kindly taken on
responsibility for helping to organise this. If you want to go, and
haven’t already let Katie know, please can you contact her ASAP by email
- ranfts@talktalk.net - with
your name and how many adults/children you expect to bring (please include any
dietary requirements, and say whether the children will want to go on a
Treasure Trail). The day will run from 11am to 3pm, but you can arrive
after lunch if you wish, just let Katie know you won’t be needing lunch.
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 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. CPAS carers
can invite the adults in placement 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 1/12/17
All successful applications will be confirmed by 11/12/17
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Mid and East foster carers – Christmas Lunch with
Carers and Staff Team - 08/12/2017 – cancelled
With regret we have had to make the decision to cancel this
event due to a very low level of interest from our foster carers. We hope
this is because you are all prioritising the other Christmas events being run
by fostering in Mid and East/Exeter! If there are any carers with any
ideas about how to run a staff/foster carer lunch or other event differently
next year, please pass these on to your supervising social worker. All of
our very best wishes for the festive season (in advance), from the Mid and East
Fostering Team.
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Support Groups
Please click here for the Support Groups Calendar.
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South Christmas Support Group - reminder
South are having a carers Christmas Support Group
& Buffet on Monday 4th December at Colebrook Community Centre.
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 Online Training - Spaces Available for; Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Looked After Children
Our recent training survey results showed that carers
wanted to learn more about mental health for children in care. This is
what we have taken into account when choosing the topic of the first online
training course we offer:
Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Looked After
Children (online training course)
This course has been written in partnership with
YoungMinds, the UK’s leading charity championing the wellbeing and mental
health of young people.
The course is evidence based and informed by the lived
experience of practitioners, parents and young people. It will help foster
carers understand the key indicators of good mental health and recognise the
warning signs. The course includes the YoungMinds resilience framework which
gives detailed, practical support to carers to develop resilience in children
and young people.
In order to book your place, please email fosteringservicestraining-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
by 04/12/2017. You will receive an automatic confirmation email if
you are granted access to the course, but we will also send out a separate
information email to make sure you are aware of how to access technical support
with the online training system if needed.
You will be given three months to complete your course,
which will begin on the date that you receive email notification that the
course is now accessible to you. If you do not complete the course
within three months of being granted access then a £50 fee will apply (you will
receive reminder emails letting you know the course is still to be completed).
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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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