Wednesday 6 November, is National Private Fostering Awareness Day.

What is private fostering?

It is when a child is looked after by someone who isn’t a close relative (not the child’s parent, step-parent, grandparent, or sibling) for more than 28 days or more. These arrangements, while sometimes informal, need to be reported to children’s services.

Why do children’s services need to know?

Children’s services have a responsibility to check the suitability of the arrangement, ensure the child’s safety, and offer support to the both the child and carer. 

As an educational professional, you play a vital role to:

• Educate:  Advise parents/ carers to report the private fostering arrangement
• Inform:  Provide information about private fostering
• Report: If the parent or carer doesn’t report, you have a duty to do so. 

You can find out more including how to get in touch with the private fostering team on the Doncaster Safeguarding Partnership Board website. 

Let’s work together to keep children safe

 

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