• About
    • Statement of Purpose
    • Meet The Team
    • Working with Sparks Fostering
    • Transfer to us
  • Child Needs
    • Why Children Need Fostering Homes
    • Children’s Social Worker
    • Impact of Trauma & Loss
    • Child Behaviour
    • Child Age
    • Gender & Sexuality
    • Family & Friends
    • Children of Different Ethnicities & Religions
    • Language Needs
    • Educational Needs
    • Planning a Child’s Stay
    • Leaving Care
    • Types of placement
      • Sibling Groups
      • Asylum Seeking Children
      • Children with Disabilities
      • Parent & Child Placement
      • Remand Fostering
      • ‘Staying Put’ Arrangements
  • Who Can Foster?
    • Motivation to Foster
    • IT & Literacy Skills
    • Age of Applicants
    • Criminal Records
    • Involvement with Social Care
    • Employment Status & Income
    • Having a Family Vehicle
    • Where you Live
    • Size of the Home
    • Rented Accommodation
    • Home Conditions
    • Smoking Cigarettes
    • Single Carers
    • Families with Birth/Own Children
    • Childcare Experience
    • Support Network
    • Your Health
    • Pets
    • Religious & Ethnic Diversity
    • Gender & Sexual Identity
  • Foster Carers
    • Fostering & Adoption
    • Regulations & National Guidance
    • Policies & Procedures
    • Fostering Limit
    • Approval Range
    • Matching Children
    • Welcoming the Child
    • Recordings
    • Day to Day Care
    • Therapeutic Support
    • Safeguarding
    • Safer Caring
    • Child Meetings
    • Confidentiality
    • Self-Care & Respite/Breaks
    • Ending Placements
    • Deregistration & Resignation
    • Assessments
      • The Process & Approval
      • Application Cost
      • Preparation & Application
      • ID & Other Checks
      • Assessment Interviews
      • Fostering Panel
  • Support
    • Fostering Allowance
    • Referral Bonus
    • Social Work Supervision
    • Training
    • Advance Fostering Resources
    • Out of Hours Support
    • Peer Support for Foster Carers and Children
    • Management Oversight & Support
    • Complaints/Whistleblowing
    • Support for adults with care experience
    • Contact Us
  • Free Webinars
Menu
  • About
    • Statement of Purpose
    • Meet The Team
    • Working with Sparks Fostering
    • Transfer to us
  • Child Needs
    • Why Children Need Fostering Homes
    • Children’s Social Worker
    • Impact of Trauma & Loss
    • Child Behaviour
    • Child Age
    • Gender & Sexuality
    • Family & Friends
    • Children of Different Ethnicities & Religions
    • Language Needs
    • Educational Needs
    • Planning a Child’s Stay
    • Leaving Care
    • Types of placement
      • Sibling Groups
      • Asylum Seeking Children
      • Children with Disabilities
      • Parent & Child Placement
      • Remand Fostering
      • ‘Staying Put’ Arrangements
  • Who Can Foster?
    • Motivation to Foster
    • IT & Literacy Skills
    • Age of Applicants
    • Criminal Records
    • Involvement with Social Care
    • Employment Status & Income
    • Having a Family Vehicle
    • Where you Live
    • Size of the Home
    • Rented Accommodation
    • Home Conditions
    • Smoking Cigarettes
    • Single Carers
    • Families with Birth/Own Children
    • Childcare Experience
    • Support Network
    • Your Health
    • Pets
    • Religious & Ethnic Diversity
    • Gender & Sexual Identity
  • Foster Carers
    • Fostering & Adoption
    • Regulations & National Guidance
    • Policies & Procedures
    • Fostering Limit
    • Approval Range
    • Matching Children
    • Welcoming the Child
    • Recordings
    • Day to Day Care
    • Therapeutic Support
    • Safeguarding
    • Safer Caring
    • Child Meetings
    • Confidentiality
    • Self-Care & Respite/Breaks
    • Ending Placements
    • Deregistration & Resignation
    • Assessments
      • The Process & Approval
      • Application Cost
      • Preparation & Application
      • ID & Other Checks
      • Assessment Interviews
      • Fostering Panel
  • Support
    • Fostering Allowance
    • Referral Bonus
    • Social Work Supervision
    • Training
    • Advance Fostering Resources
    • Out of Hours Support
    • Peer Support for Foster Carers and Children
    • Management Oversight & Support
    • Complaints/Whistleblowing
    • Support for adults with care experience
    • Contact Us
  • Free Webinars
  • General Policies
    • Business Continuity Plan
    • Equality and Diversity
    • Internal Transfers
    • Training Records
    • Record keeping and Confidentiality
    • Staff Recruitment & Support
  • FC Approval
    • Fostering Assessments
    • Foster Carer Reviews
    • Panel Meetings
    • Panel Members
  • Safeguarding
    • Behaviour Support
    • Bullying
    • Contagious Diseases
    • Eating Disorders
    • Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
    • Forced Marriage
    • Missing child
    • Modern Slavery
    • Online & Mobile Phone Safety
    • Preventing Radicalisation & Extremism
    • Safeguarding Policy
    • Safer Care Plans
    • Self-Harm  
    • So-Called Honour-Based Abuse
  • Care Planning
    • Children’s Wishes & Feelings
    • Matching Children With Homes
    • Plans & Reviews
    • Delegated Authority
    • Preparation For Adult Life
  • Caring For Children
    • Children’s Guide
    • Contact
    • Education
    • Health
    • Leisure
Menu
  • General Policies
    • Business Continuity Plan
    • Equality and Diversity
    • Internal Transfers
    • Training Records
    • Record keeping and Confidentiality
    • Staff Recruitment & Support
  • FC Approval
    • Fostering Assessments
    • Foster Carer Reviews
    • Panel Meetings
    • Panel Members
  • Safeguarding
    • Behaviour Support
    • Bullying
    • Contagious Diseases
    • Eating Disorders
    • Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
    • Forced Marriage
    • Missing child
    • Modern Slavery
    • Online & Mobile Phone Safety
    • Preventing Radicalisation & Extremism
    • Safeguarding Policy
    • Safer Care Plans
    • Self-Harm  
    • So-Called Honour-Based Abuse
  • Care Planning
    • Children’s Wishes & Feelings
    • Matching Children With Homes
    • Plans & Reviews
    • Delegated Authority
    • Preparation For Adult Life
  • Caring For Children
    • Children’s Guide
    • Contact
    • Education
    • Health
    • Leisure
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  • About
    • Statement of Purpose
    • Meet The Team
    • Working with Sparks Fostering
    • Transfer to us
  • Child Needs
    • Why Children Need Fostering Homes
    • Children’s Social Worker
    • Impact of Trauma & Loss
    • Child Behaviour
    • Child Age
    • Gender & Sexuality
    • Family & Friends
    • Children of Different Ethnicities & Religions
    • Language Needs
    • Educational Needs
    • Planning a Child’s Stay
    • Leaving Care
    • Types of placement
      • Sibling Groups
      • Asylum Seeking Children
      • Children with Disabilities
      • Parent & Child Placement
      • Remand Fostering
      • ‘Staying Put’ Arrangements
  • Who Can Foster?
    • Motivation to Foster
    • IT & Literacy Skills
    • Age of Applicants
    • Criminal Records
    • Involvement with Social Care
    • Employment Status & Income
    • Having a Family Vehicle
    • Where you Live
    • Size of the Home
    • Rented Accommodation
    • Home Conditions
    • Smoking Cigarettes
    • Single Carers
    • Families with Birth/Own Children
    • Childcare Experience
    • Support Network
    • Your Health
    • Pets
    • Religious & Ethnic Diversity
    • Gender & Sexual Identity
  • Foster Carers
    • Fostering & Adoption
    • Regulations & National Guidance
    • Policies & Procedures
    • Fostering Limit
    • Approval Range
    • Matching Children
    • Welcoming the Child
    • Recordings
    • Day to Day Care
    • Therapeutic Support
    • Safeguarding
    • Safer Caring
    • Child Meetings
    • Confidentiality
    • Self-Care & Respite/Breaks
    • Ending Placements
    • Deregistration & Resignation
    • Assessments
      • The Process & Approval
      • Application Cost
      • Preparation & Application
      • ID & Other Checks
      • Assessment Interviews
      • Fostering Panel
  • Support
    • Fostering Allowance
    • Referral Bonus
    • Social Work Supervision
    • Training
    • Advance Fostering Resources
    • Out of Hours Support
    • Peer Support for Foster Carers and Children
    • Management Oversight & Support
    • Complaints/Whistleblowing
    • Support for adults with care experience
    • Contact Us
  • Free Webinars
  • Further Information
    • General Policies
      • Business Continuity Plan
      • Equality and Diversity
      • Internal Transfers
      • Training Records
      • Record keeping and Confidentiality
      • Staff Recruitment & Support
    • FC Approval
      • Fostering Assessments
      • Foster Carer Reviews
      • Panel Meetings
      • Panel Members
    • Safeguarding
      • Behaviour Support
      • Bullying
      • Contagious Diseases
      • Eating Disorders
      • Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
      • Forced Marriage
      • Missing child
      • Modern Slavery
      • Online & Mobile Phone Safety
      • Preventing Radicalisation & Extremism
      • Safeguarding Policy
      • Safer Care Plans
      • Self-Harm  
      • So-Called Honour-Based Abuse
    • Care Planning
      • Children’s Wishes & Feelings
      • Matching Children With Homes
      • Plans & Reviews
      • Delegated Authority
      • Preparation For Adult Life
    • Caring For Children
      • Children’s Guide
      • Contact
      • Education
      • Health
      • Leisure
Menu
  • About
    • Statement of Purpose
    • Meet The Team
    • Working with Sparks Fostering
    • Transfer to us
  • Child Needs
    • Why Children Need Fostering Homes
    • Children’s Social Worker
    • Impact of Trauma & Loss
    • Child Behaviour
    • Child Age
    • Gender & Sexuality
    • Family & Friends
    • Children of Different Ethnicities & Religions
    • Language Needs
    • Educational Needs
    • Planning a Child’s Stay
    • Leaving Care
    • Types of placement
      • Sibling Groups
      • Asylum Seeking Children
      • Children with Disabilities
      • Parent & Child Placement
      • Remand Fostering
      • ‘Staying Put’ Arrangements
  • Who Can Foster?
    • Motivation to Foster
    • IT & Literacy Skills
    • Age of Applicants
    • Criminal Records
    • Involvement with Social Care
    • Employment Status & Income
    • Having a Family Vehicle
    • Where you Live
    • Size of the Home
    • Rented Accommodation
    • Home Conditions
    • Smoking Cigarettes
    • Single Carers
    • Families with Birth/Own Children
    • Childcare Experience
    • Support Network
    • Your Health
    • Pets
    • Religious & Ethnic Diversity
    • Gender & Sexual Identity
  • Foster Carers
    • Fostering & Adoption
    • Regulations & National Guidance
    • Policies & Procedures
    • Fostering Limit
    • Approval Range
    • Matching Children
    • Welcoming the Child
    • Recordings
    • Day to Day Care
    • Therapeutic Support
    • Safeguarding
    • Safer Caring
    • Child Meetings
    • Confidentiality
    • Self-Care & Respite/Breaks
    • Ending Placements
    • Deregistration & Resignation
    • Assessments
      • The Process & Approval
      • Application Cost
      • Preparation & Application
      • ID & Other Checks
      • Assessment Interviews
      • Fostering Panel
  • Support
    • Fostering Allowance
    • Referral Bonus
    • Social Work Supervision
    • Training
    • Advance Fostering Resources
    • Out of Hours Support
    • Peer Support for Foster Carers and Children
    • Management Oversight & Support
    • Complaints/Whistleblowing
    • Support for adults with care experience
    • Contact Us
  • Free Webinars
  • Further Information
    • General Policies
      • Business Continuity Plan
      • Equality and Diversity
      • Internal Transfers
      • Training Records
      • Record keeping and Confidentiality
      • Staff Recruitment & Support
    • FC Approval
      • Fostering Assessments
      • Foster Carer Reviews
      • Panel Meetings
      • Panel Members
    • Safeguarding
      • Behaviour Support
      • Bullying
      • Contagious Diseases
      • Eating Disorders
      • Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
      • Forced Marriage
      • Missing child
      • Modern Slavery
      • Online & Mobile Phone Safety
      • Preventing Radicalisation & Extremism
      • Safeguarding Policy
      • Safer Care Plans
      • Self-Harm  
      • So-Called Honour-Based Abuse
    • Care Planning
      • Children’s Wishes & Feelings
      • Matching Children With Homes
      • Plans & Reviews
      • Delegated Authority
      • Preparation For Adult Life
    • Caring For Children
      • Children’s Guide
      • Contact
      • Education
      • Health
      • Leisure

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