Hi all - worth listening as one goes about one’s daily chores. Messy Fostering - guest edited by a Foster Carer and her foster daughter who has been with her for 8 years.
Here are some suggested organisations that offer expert advice on fostering.
Fostering
On Today Programme - 7am to 9am - Messy Fostering
Hels20 · 05/08/2023 07:22
f0stercarer · 07/08/2023 13:49
The splitting of payments into money for children and money for carers is just bogus. What is relevant is what hits the bank account. There is no restriction on what it is spent on what and tax allowances (QCR) are so high that there is no need to separate for tax reasons. All this LA stuff about levels is just nonsense and is an excuse to pay some people less for doing the same job. Increasingly as LAs cant recruit they are getting rid of these differentials. The "going rate" for a standard placement is £55 - 65 per day depending on age (bonuses for birthdays, xmas, summer hols). Much more for more difficult children. So two children = £120 per day x 365 = £43,800. If these amounts are alien to you then you are being exploited because that's what most LAs and ifas pay.
NewNovember · 07/08/2023 13:54
"Difficult children" my heart sank when I saw that your user name suggests that you are a foster carer. That and the talk of pay and not separating money to look after the children. Foster carings should have enough money to live obviously but it should never been done to profit from.
f0stercarer · 07/08/2023 13:49
The splitting of payments into money for children and money for carers is just bogus. What is relevant is what hits the bank account. There is no restriction on what it is spent on what and tax allowances (QCR) are so high that there is no need to separate for tax reasons. All this LA stuff about levels is just nonsense and is an excuse to pay some people less for doing the same job. Increasingly as LAs cant recruit they are getting rid of these differentials. The "going rate" for a standard placement is £55 - 65 per day depending on age (bonuses for birthdays, xmas, summer hols). Much more for more difficult children. So two children = £120 per day x 365 = £43,800. If these amounts are alien to you then you are being exploited because that's what most LAs and ifas pay.
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