Any fostercarers of teens?

[OnthefirsdayofMrsDeVere]

I would really appreciate a bit of advice regarding my circumstances.

I would prefer to do it via the messaging services if possible.

Its regarding teenagers and difficult contact with birth parents.

Any advice/experiences would be helpful and I am happy to explain more off the public boards.

Thank you.

I have some experience of teens

No MrsDV but might I be able to offer perspective as I was fostered as a teen? Totally understand if that would be no help. :)

Hi, I am fostering 2 teenage girls at the moment and conatct with the birth family of one of them is very difficult. Hope I can be of some help.

Hi, i foster teenage girls at the moment and am having terrible problems with contact with one of the birth families. I hope I can help in some way.

Thank you all. I will message you when I have a bit more time, probably this evening. I want to keep it private for obvious reasons. I will give a enough background but I know you will understand that I dont want to tell the world about this young person's business

Expect to hear from me later all being well

This might be too late to be of any help. I fostered teens in NZ for many years.

Bump - any foster carers of teens around?

I foster teen girls and sat in a meeting with birth mum this afternoon. SW and I both came out of meeting congratulating ourselves on not actually strangling the mum. I'll help if I can Mrs De Vere.

Could somebody please point me in the right direction about what happens in the UK when a child leaves foster care. Perhaps I should ask what is supposed to happen!

My experience goes back some years and was based on NZ rather than UK.

They should be guided by a team covering 16-21/25 from SS, different areas call them different things.
Teens I have worked with that leave their foster carers( hopefully )moved in a planned way into flats(sometimes sheltered).
FC should have been preparing them for independent living (cooking,cleaning etc)

kiwifruit. You would be better of starting your own thread on this rather than tagging on the end of an older thread of a different topic.