giving presentations/briefings to professionals, distributing information leaflets and making written information available to education, health and police authorities. Flyers and posters for display have also been provided to key agencies such as libraries, Children Centres, Citizen Advice Bureaux, The Women Centre, faith BME, and community organisations. This is an on-going activity. 16.2 Private fostering guidance and information is available to practitioners and specialist advice is accessible through the PF Co-ordinator, and also the Childcare Legal Team. 16.3 Under the private fostering regulations, identifying and reporting children who may be privately fostered is everyone’s responsibility. 16.4 The PF Co-ordinator will continue to promote and raise awareness of private fostering through coordination and working proactively with the DSCB, the communication team, all professionals and agencies who are involved or come into contact with children and young people through their work. The Children (Private Arrangement for Fostering) Regulations 2005 puts emphasis on the duty to notify the local authority of all PF arrangements, and to promote knowledge and awareness raising of private fostering in the public and agencies involved with children and young people. References: Department for Education (2014) Statistical First Release. Notifications of Private Fostering Arrangements in England: year ending 31 March 2014. Issues 10 July 2014, SFR22/2014. Ofsted Report (2014) Private Fostering: better information, better understanding January 2014, No. 130249. Published in January 2014
giving presentations/briefings to professionals, distributing information leaflets and making written information available to education, health and police authorities. Flyers and posters for display have also been provided to key agencies such as libraries, Children Centres, Citizen Advice Bureaux, The Women Centre, faith BME, and community organisations. This is an on-going activity. 16.2 Private fostering guidance and information is available to practitioners and specialist advice is accessible through the PF Co-ordinator, and also the Childcare Legal Team. 16.3 Under the private fostering regulations, identifying and reporting children who may be privately fostered is everyone’s responsibility. 16.4 The PF Co-ordinator will continue to promote and raise awareness of private fostering through coordination and working proactively with the DSCB, the communication team, all professionals and agencies who are involved or come into contact with children and young people through their work. The Children (Private Arrangement for Fostering) Regulations 2005 puts emphasis on the duty to notify the local authority of all PF arrangements, and to promote knowledge and awareness raising of private fostering in the public and agencies involved with children and young people. References: Department for Education (2014) Statistical First Release. Notifications of Private Fostering Arrangements in England: year ending 31 March 2014. Issues 10 July 2014, SFR22/2014. Ofsted Report (2014) Private Fostering: better information, better understanding January 2014, No. 130249. Published in January 2014
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