Working while fostering
When it comes to fostering there are a few misconceptions, especially the fostering and working life balance. Yes, fostering does take up a large amount of your time and it is a big commitment. Now you must be thinking, does this mean I can’t continue working full time? Well, read on as we are going […]
Give a Home to Child Fleeing War
Caring Hearts Fostering is urging individually to help accommodate a child in need, a child fleeing war, unaccompanied asylum seekers, and refugees. All it takes is one spare bedroom in your home, providing the child with a loving and warm home. We need to stand together and offer as much help as possible. We at […]
Men are good foster carers too!
We usually feel when it comes to becoming a foster parent, it is a women’s role. However, we believe men can be good foster carers/parents and at the same time play a vital role for the child. Many children living with a male foster carer will be having their first positive experience of an adult […]
Emergency Foster Caring
What does emergency foster care involve? When we think of fostering, we tend to think long term placements, however, there are so many different elements to fostering. It is not just a long-term placement, in some cases, fostering can become an immediate short-term placement on a one-to-two-night basis. This is called emergency foster care and […]
What happens when a child goes missing in care? What you could do in this situation?
Why does a child go missing from foster carers? Children in foster care go missing for various reasons, most of the time the child will be with their friends or birth family. Most of the time when the child is still in contact with their birth family, they sometime would run home to see them […]
What makes a good foster carer?
At Caring Hearts Fostering we want carers who are: Emotionally literate and intelligent Resilient, will keep going with placements, emotional strength, and endurance Educated, be able to understand concepts and theories and be able to apply them Have a good sense of humour Empathy, be able to understand children from their point of view and […]
The importance of training.
Fostering also offers opportunities to expand skills through a variety of training courses. These courses are aimed at helping you to deliver a high service to young people in your care, but some of these skills will be transferable across other areas of your life. There is also specific training in fostering, and these must […]
Teenagers in care- How you can help make a difference.
The average age of a child in foster care is more than 8 years old, and there are slightly more boys than girls. Children and youth enter foster care because they have been abused, neglected, or abandoned by their parents or guardians. Many people who first consider fostering often think that younger children will be […]
RAWWRSOME! LION KING OUTING
On 16th February 2022 we had a RAWWRSOME time at the Lyceum Theatre watching the Lion King. We had approximately 40 of Caring Hearts family attend including staff, foster carers and young people. Our young people were so well behaved despite it being the first theatre trip for many. Staff even received some comments about how […]
The importance of keeping siblings together in care
There are many siblings out there who are looking to be fostered and finding a suitable foster home who can provide for a sibling group. However, sometimes there are required to live separately due to this shortfall of sibling group homes. We will always try finding carers who can have a place for siblings together. […]