Fostering Support: Membership, Advice and Mediation Contract

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These services contribute to those that the Council is under a statutory duty to provide within Cumbria. This includes: Children and Young Persons, England, The Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011, 17 (1) which states: “The fostering service Provider must provide foster parents [carers] with such training, advice, information and support including support outside office hours, as appears necessary in the interests of children placed with them”. In addition the Fostering Services: National Minimum Standards (NMS), Standard 22:12 Handling allegations and suspicions of harm states: “During the investigation the fostering service makes support, which is independent of the fostering service, available to the person subject to the allegation and, where this is a foster carer, to their household, in order to provide: a) Information and advice about the process; b) Emotional support; and c) If needed, mediation between the foster carer and the fostering service and / or advocacy (including attendance at meetings and panel hearings)” Keywords: carers, fostering, mediation, advice, legal