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Fostering Devon Newsletter 12/01/2018
Pantomime Fun!
On Friday evening (5th January 2018) we invited foster carers and their
families to the Northcott Theatre for a wonderful evening of comedy and
entertainment. The atmosphere was full of fun from the start as we followed
Dick Whittington and his faithful Puss on his travels from Exeter to the bright
lights of London in search of fame and fortune. We hope that everyone had a
brilliant night.
We’d
love to hear from any of the children (or their carers) who particularly
enjoyed themselves as we’d like to write a short news story about the evening
from their point of view. If you’d be happy to share your story please email childsc.fosteringoperationsmanager-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
and we’ll get in touch with a few simple questions for you to answer. The story
will be shared in this newsletter, on social media and via the website, all
names will be changed.
County Lines
Over the recent weeks a
disturbing and enlightening set of documentaries have been available on
the BBC iplayer investigating the issue of County Lines. What brings the issue ‘close to home’
is that the documentary was filmed in Yeovil and Weston- Super-Mare. Please
make the time to keep yourself up to date with this important issue and read
the attached document for a quick reminder of what to do if you are concerned.
Contributions to the Fostering Devon Newsletter
Got something interesting or important you’d like to include
in the newsletter? We welcome contributions from everyone – Fostering staff,
Foster Carers, partner organisations and teams such as Health, Education and Participations
– everyone who has a role to play supporting children and young people in care.
Click here to find out how you can send articles in.
Please click here for the Support Groups Calendar.
Induction Day Training Courses 2018/2019
We are pleased to
say that we have now organised some Induction Days as part of your Core
Training. This course should be completed if you haven’t yet completed it. If
you are unsure if you need to complete this, please speak to your supervising
social worker. All of these courses will start at 10am and finish at 2pm.
Please bring your own lunch to these courses as this will not be provided.
Exeter- Newcourt
Community Centre – 17/04/2018
Totnes – Follaton
House – 18/04/2018
Barnstaple – North
Devon Leisure Centre – 19/04/2018
To book onto this
course please email; Fostertraining@devon.gov.uk
If you book onto this course and can no longer attend, please let the fostering
training team know as soon as possible.
New Training Programme
We have now started to put together the Training Programme for 2018/2019. We aim to have this completed and published by 1st April 2018, and will
post further information in the newsletter so please watch this space!
