Managing Stress through breathing exercises
“Mindful Breathing can have a positive impact on your stress response as it offers a convenient, simple and effective way to relieve stress from day to day life. There are many different types of breathing exercises, each with their own twist such as the basic diaphragmatic breathing or counted breathing. Such exercises only take a […]
Keep your child safe online
We all know how much social media has changed in these last few years. Social media, apps, and the web now at such reach, it is getting harder to monitor and enforce what children can and can’t do online. It is no longer limited to the family PC which makes it so much more difficult […]
How does fostering affect my benefits?
Let’s begin with saying that fostering will affect some of the benefits you might be claiming. For more information about what will be affected by becoming a foster carer and what you could be entitled to. Let’s go through a description of the benefits a foster carer may or may not be entitled to, eligibility […]
How trauma changes a child’s brain and body?
You won’t be surprised to hear that many children in foster care have experienced some sort of trauma in their lives. This could be physical, emotional, verbal, or sexual trauma or some sort is sadly inevitable in most cases. It is very important as foster carer parents to understand the signs of trauma, what it […]
Foster Carer Renewals
We need to renew some documents for foster carers every three year. These include medical reports, LA checks, and DBS police checks. Medicals In order to renew your medical check, we will send you a form, which you have to fill in and send to your GP. Please do this as soon as possible, as […]
Carers Logs
As a foster carer part of your role is writing daily logs about the child’s daily lived experience. There are several reasons for writing logs: -Children in care are entitled to request their files at 18yrs old. For some children the logs will be the thing which can help them to understand their care experience.-Logs […]
Child Safety
All children in care need to feel safe and be safe. Foster carers are expected to actively safeguard children and promote their welfare. The carers need to make positive relationship with foster children, spend one to one quality time with them, talk about their life at school and home, explore their wishes and feelings and […]
What are the benefits of fostering?
People sometimes focus on the difficulties and issues that young people face in foster care, but what are the benefits of fostering a child? Placing children into a foster home can transform their lives, but they are not the only ones who benefit from the arrangement. Becoming a foster carer is extremely rewarding and for […]
Toys For Remote Learning
Remote learning is becoming more common as we move further into the digital age. But what about when there’s just no way to get online? That’s where toys for remote learning come in. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at some of the best options for keeping your child engaged and learning while […]
Caring Hearts Fostering Transfer Process
There are several reasons why existing foster carers would like to transfer fostering agencies to Caring Hearts Fostering. Some carers need more support and better training. In addition, others find their agency too far from their home. Other reasons for transferring fostering agencies are: Better quality support from the fostering service Increased likelihood of children […]