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NEW 📢 #FosterCare Practice Guide 📄
The best available evidence provided as actionable key principles & recommendations, alongside information on interventions to strengthen foster carers’ wellbeing, confidence and skills: https://t.co/vuiFaZVDuo #FCF26

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Care-experienced children & young people often have fewer opportunities to form the enduring, supportive relationships that are vital to their development, wellbeing & life chances. Today’s announcement provides a blueprint for fixing this.

Read more here 👉 https://t.co/sdtAwwczoh

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Our new call, in partnership with @MOPACLdn, takes us closer to understanding the impact of Safe & Together on workforce skills, and ultimately outcomes for children affected by #DomesticAbuse

🗨️ @Cordisbright, @RespectUK & @wfcouncil

Apply now ➡️ https://t.co/EWbFEdzoNg

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Event 🗓️📢 Join our webinar tomorrow to find out more about our call for London local authorities to participate in an evaluation of Safe & Together, including more info on the model, evaluation, & application process.

⏰ Thursday 4 June, 3–4pm

Register here ➡️ https://t.co/akWwKIqq87

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Our latest newsletter is out! 📨 In this special edition, we unpack the latest Practice Guide on providing the best evidence-based support to foster carers.

Plus ➕ Two opportunities to work with us!
https://t.co/5rX9ItqQDh

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As we launch our new call for proposals, Dr Ian Moore and Dr Daryl Sweet reflect on the vital importance of father-inclusive practice & how we can strengthen our understanding of support for fathers and male carers.

Read more here 👉 https://t.co/vsxRSg2dYR

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS 📢📄 We're looking for an organisation to conduct a systematic review that will help us understand what has worked to engage and support fathers and male carers, and where evidence gaps remain.

Find out more and apply 👉 https://t.co/nPG3gGC582

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🧭 How can local leaders translate the evidence-based recommendations in the Foster Care Practice Guide into practice that works for their local area? Our new Reflective Tool is designed to help them provide the best possible support for foster carers 👉 https://t.co/P6lgGBfAYn

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Calling London local authorities 📢 Our new evaluation of Safe & Together, with @MOPACLdn, will take us closer to understanding the model’s impact on workforce skills and outcomes for children & families affected by #DomesticAbuse.

Find out more 👉https://t.co/VsZvXR9bga

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New opportunity 📢 With @MOPACLdn, we’re looking for London LAs to participate in an evaluation of Safe & Together - a model that aims to support the workforce to better respond to families affected by #DomesticAbuse.
Closes: 12pm, 8 June
🔗 https://t.co/XtrGQnxUUC

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🧩 Knowing what works is only one piece of the puzzle. To deliver on the government reforms it’s essential that we get implementation right. And there’s not a moment to waste.

@jocasebourne welcomes today’s implementation plan as a significant step towards this 👉 https://t.co/C0zROZoDuj

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What kind of evidence does the Foster Care Practice Guide draw from? Key principles and recommendations are based on qualitative & quantitative data rigorously analysed in a systematic review. Find out more 👉 https://t.co/gfHSvkJyvt

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NEW BLOG 🖊️ Foster Carer & Practice Guide Advisory Group Member Symone Robinson reflects on her fostering journey, her experience as a foster carer, and shares her 4️⃣ key takeaways from the new #FosterCare Practice Guide 🗣️👇
https://t.co/hjPYB76zBr

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We support the government’s ambition in the recent fostering action plan to increase the number and diversity of foster carers. The emphasis on evidence, evaluation & innovation in the plan is particularly welcome 🙌 #FCF26

Full comment: https://t.co/DuWcjv8HUf

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🗝️ The Foster Care Practice Guide, published today, includes key principles outlining the best approach to designing support for foster carers and their families. Learn about them here 👉 https://t.co/JJtEff4KPJ

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The Foster Care Practice Guide includes actionable, evidence-based recommendations for improving outcomes for foster carers and the children in their care. Learn more about the recommendations in this Guide & how we rate them 👉 https://t.co/Vavi9owdKv

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Did you know ❓ Interventions to support #FosterCarers often include a variety of components? #FCF26

✅ Psychoeducational techniques
✅ Skills for foster carers
✅ Proactive parenting
✅ Relationship enhancement.

Stay tuned for the latest Practice Guide on #FosterCare – out tomorrow ⏰🎉

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The Foster Care Practice Guide is out later this week 📚 Find out more about Practice Guides, who they are for, and how they can be useful in this short video 👇

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Today marks the start of Foster Care Fortnight #FCF26 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 @fosteringnet. This week we launch a brand new DfE-commissioned Practice Guide for senior local leaders to empower foster carers & help foster families flourish.

Get the details in your inbox 📩 https://t.co/kwmqKZYUFD

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🌟 Last week, the Children's Wellbeing & Schools Act became law, putting a range of ambitious reforms into action. Our Chief Executive @jocasebourne responds to this landmark moment for children and families: https://t.co/DwBZDixeKb