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Understand the context of supporting children and young people through foster care

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‘The Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations Volume 4: Fostering Services’ from the Department for Education

This volume gives statutory guidance on fostering services for looked-after children. You may also wish to follow the link to read ‘Volume 2 - Children Act 1989: care planning, placement and case review’.

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‘Fostering legislation in England’ from The Fostering Network website.
‘Looked-after children and young people’ from the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2012
'Fostering Services: National Minimum Standards’, produced by the Department for Education
‘Contact in foster care’ from The Fostering Network website.
‘Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked-after children’ from the Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care
‘The fostering system in England: Evidence review’ by Mary Baginsky, Sarah Gorin and Claire Sands, King’s College London and Quest Research and Evaluation Ltd
‘Looked after children’ from the NSPCC
‘Looked-after children and young people’ from the national Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
‘The Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations Volume 4: Fostering Services’ from the Department for Education

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