Meeting today with SS

[neverendingstory]

Hi all, can't believe it today. The deputy director of childrens services didn't really say anything to us. She just said she agreed with the findings of the Independent Investigation Stage 2. complaint results. The biggest shock was she told us that you had to have training to be a kinship foster carer, when we asked why our request for a ... See morekinship foster carer assessment was ignored. I told her their offer of

[Help 1870]

Local Authorities cant discriminate between kinship foster carers and mainstream foster carers, and all foster carers are entitled to access training courses, and i believe some of them are compulsory

so based on that, what she has said is right, but it looks to have been twisted around a bit to fit her own ends, and to try put you off.

[golden oldie]

Hi we never had any training at all and we are Kinship foster carers we have been for 5 and half years we have had to fight to get recognised to be allowed any training at all. This was only agreed last summer when Ofsted wanted to know why foster carers and friends and family foster carers were treated differently. Just had a thought it might be worth looking up what your areas Ofsted report says on the matter, you will find it online, its worth exploring all avenues.

golden oldie