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Recruitment and approval
Recruitment Publicity and recruitment campaigns should aim to reach all groups in the community. This will ensure that all needs of children, i.e. emotional, behavioural, racial, ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious, as well as any needs relating to disability, gender or sexuality, can be met.The Department should maintain (including contracting through other agencies) a range of foster carers to ensure suitable placement choices for each child and young person placed in foster care.The fostering and adoption team will target the Island community for the recruitment of carers to avoid children being placed out of Guernsey or Alderney.The Department provides resources to implement the recruitment strategy and to meet specifically identified needs in relation to family placements for children looked after.The recruitment strategy should encourage the involvement of approved foster carers in recruitment activities.
Actions
Task | Responsible Officer | Record | Timescale |
Marketing | Fostering and adoption team | Recruitment strategy | On-going |
Enquiry from applicants | Fostering and adoption team | Enquiry Form | On-going |
Information pack sent | PA Fostering and Adoption Team | Enquiry form | Within 24 hours |
Follow up initial enquiry with phone call and offer to visit | Fostering and adoption team | Enquiry form | As and when |
Visit to applicant to provide information about fostering and provide application form for their use if they wish to proceed | Fostering and adoption team | Enquiry form | Within three weeks |
Once application received Set up carer file | PA Fostering and Adoption Team | Carer file | Once application received |
Initiate agency checks | PA Fostering and Adoption Team | Carer file | Once application received |
Discuss with team manager if issues of concern arise | Fostering and adoption team | Carer file | As appropriate |
Meet with applicants to discuss concern/counsel out unsuitable applicants | Fostering and adoption team | Carer file | As appropriate |
Make decision about seeking advice from panel if there is a concern | Team manager | Carer file | At next panel meeting |
Allocate applicant to assessing social worker | Team manager | Carer file | Once checks are returned and are satisfactory |
Invite applicants to attend information evening and Skills to Foster | Fostering and adoption team | Carer file | As appropriate |
Undertake Form F (fostering) assessment | Assessing social worker | Carer file | 4-6 months |
Ensure all aspects of assessment and information regarding agency checks, referees, medicals, is recorded on the assessment form | Assessing social worker | Carer file | As appropriate |
If no Skills to Foster training is running then train applicant as part of assessment | Assessing social worker | Carer file | As appropriate |
Counsel out unsuitable applicants | Assessing social worker | Carer file | As appropriate |
Quality assure assessment report | Assessing social worker | Carer file | As appropriate |
Send completed quality assured and signed report to fostering and adoption team manager | Assessing social worker | Carer file | As appropriate |
If report is not of required standard or is incomplete then send back to assessing social worker for amendments | Team manager | Carer file | As appropriate |
Share report with applicants if report is satisfactory | Assessing social worker | Carer file | As appropriate |
Ask applicants to sign report (and make comments) if they wish and leave them copies | Assessing social worker and carers | Carer file | As appropriate |
Follow panel procedures | Assessing social worker/Admin | Carer file | As per panel procedures |
Contact the applicant about the panel's decision | Assessing social worker | Carer file | Immediately after panel |
Send letter of approval, ID application form,foster care agreement, code of conduct re confidentiality and handbook to carer. Handbook will include information on policy,procedure,allowances etc | Assessing social worker PA Fostering and Adoption Team | Carer file | As appropriate |
Place carer's name on register of foster carers and provide name to GFCAA | Assessing social worker PA Fostering and Adoption Team | Carer file | As appropriate |
Visit carers to complete foster carer agreement | Fostering and adoption team | Carer file | Before any placements commence |
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