And in return Access to the placements provided by You will receive regular supervision and Emergency Bed foster carers during the day continue to access learning and development is via the Area Fostering Support Teams. opportunities as part of the foster carer training pathway; After hours it is via the Area fostering service duty worker until midnight and weekends You will continue to have Annual Reviews and when access will be via the County Out of a minimum of one unannounced a year; Hours team. You will receive the normal maintenance Although Emergency Bed placements will be payments, and twice the fee element searched for first in the child’s area, it is according to the age of the child when a child possible for Area teams to use Emergency is in placement; Bed foster carers in other areas. You will receive a regular payment (a retainer) Support will be provided to emergency of the 16-18 fee element when there is no placements by fostering supervising Social child placed with you; Workers, and/or by a Social Work Assistants (Fostering Support Officers) from the foster carers’ local area. Saying to a placement requested by the ‘no’ placing social worker will put your role as an Emergency Bed foster carer and/or your On message retainer payment for that week at risk. We are currently achieving more than 85% of our placements with foster carers, as The social worker ‘in-house’ opposed to residential care placements or placements with Independent Fostering Agencies Must complete/check the placement plan and (IFA) foster carers. authorisation for a placement as a priority for all children and young people allocated to We think that in house placements for the most them; – part serve our children and young people in our – care better, and the use of Emergency Bed foster Must make every effort to supply the foster carers helps us achieve better outcomes for carers with full and accurate information on children. each child or young person; So thank you, E-Bed carers. Must make sure the information includes any relevant medical/health information, and the Geoff Gurney necessary consents and other delegated responsibilities; Interim Assistant Director for Corporate Parenting, September 2015 Must ensure that a Placement Planning Meeting takes place within 3 days of the Email me if you found this procedure in a placement starting. nutshell helpful. The fostering supervising social worker Must check Liberi for placement start and end dates and Emergency Bed foster carers’ details, and input as appropriate. Placements
And in return You will receive regular supervision and continue to access learning and development opportunities as part of the foster carer training pathway; You will continue to have Annual Reviews and a minimum of one unannounced a year; You will receive the normal maintenance payments, and twice the fee element according to the age of the child when a child is in placement; You will receive a regular payment (a retainer) of the 16-18 fee element when there is no child placed with you; Saying ‘no’ to a placement requested by the placing social worker will put your role as an Emergency Bed foster carer and/or your retainer payment for that week at risk. The social worker Must complete/check the placement plan and authorisation for a placement as a priority for all children and young people allocated to them; Must make every effort to supply the foster carers with full and accurate information on each child or young person; Must make sure the information includes any relevant medical/health information, and the necessary consents and other delegated responsibilities; Must ensure that a Placement Planning Meeting takes place within 3 days of the placement starting. The fostering supervising social worker Must check Liberi for placement start and end dates and Emergency Bed foster carers’ details, and input as appropriate. Placements Access to the placements provided by Emergency Bed foster carers during the day is via the Area Fostering Support Teams. After hours it is via the Area fostering service duty worker until midnight and weekends when access will be via the County Out of Hours team. Although Emergency Bed placements will be searched for first in the child’s area, it is possible for Area teams to use Emergency Bed foster carers in other areas. Support will be provided to emergency placements by fostering supervising Social Workers, and/or by a Social Work Assistants (Fostering Support Officers) from the foster carers’ local area. On message We are currently achieving more than 85% of our placements with ‘in-house’ foster carers, as opposed to residential care placements or placements with Independent Fostering Agencies (IFA) foster carers. We think that in house placements – for the most part – serve our children and young people in our care better, and the use of Emergency Bed foster carers helps us achieve better outcomes for children. So thank you, E-Bed carers. Geoff Gurney Interim Assistant Director for Corporate Parenting, September 2015 Email me if you found this procedure in a nutshell helpful.
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