
Private Fostering Arrangements - Donna Markham
09/25/23 • 41 min
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In todays episode we're joined by Donna Markham, Team Leader with Children Social Care's Kinship Team who talks to us about Private Fostering Arrangements, what they are, why they happen and the responsibilities we all have to notify the Local Authority of them.
You can find out further information on Private Fostering Arrangements in Somerset HERE
Further details of topics discussed can be found on the SSCP Website: somersetsafeguardingchildren.org.uk
If you have any comments or questions from this podcast, or would like to be involved in a future episode please get in touch at [email protected]
To access the transcript for this episode go to The P Pod (somersetsafeguardingchildren.org.uk) and click on the episode for details.
Get in touch with us at The P Pod
In todays episode we're joined by Donna Markham, Team Leader with Children Social Care's Kinship Team who talks to us about Private Fostering Arrangements, what they are, why they happen and the responsibilities we all have to notify the Local Authority of them.
You can find out further information on Private Fostering Arrangements in Somerset HERE
Further details of topics discussed can be found on the SSCP Website: somersetsafeguardingchildren.org.uk
If you have any comments or questions from this podcast, or would like to be involved in a future episode please get in touch at [email protected]
To access the transcript for this episode go to The P Pod (somersetsafeguardingchildren.org.uk) and click on the episode for details.
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The P Pod - Private Fostering Arrangements - Donna Markham
Transcript
00:00:00:00 - 00:00:14:23
Welcome to the P Pod
00:00:15:00 - 00:00:35:16
Steve Macabee - Host
So welcome back to the people at the Partnership podcast from the Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership. Now, when we think about children living with someone other than their birth families, we tend to think about foster care or adoption. However, there are many occasions where children may be living with others through different arrangements, which can sometimes be quit
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