by To the Moon and Back Fostering | May 14, 2019 | Foster care Interview
What are you most looking forward to, having joined our team? From what I have heard and seen so far, the agency appears very child focussed, but also very keen to listen to and work alongside foster carers to achieve the best for children. I am looking forward to...
by To the Moon and Back Fostering | May 14, 2019 | Tips and advice
What we know about foster carers At To the Moon and Back Foster Care, we know that our own fostering families motivations to foster are similar to those above and subsequently that the biggest motivations to foster are altruistic. What we hear and what appears to be...
by To the Moon and Back Fostering | Dec 22, 2018 | Teenagers and young people
Poet and care experienced Lemn Sissay said recently on a channel 4 programme that he had been told how he was a great survivor of the care system. His response was, he didn’t want to survive, he wanted to live! At to the Moon and Back Foster Care, we have high hopes...
by To the Moon and Back Fostering | Dec 21, 2018 | Supervising Social Worker
I carry out home visits – I might be visiting families in their homes for regular monthly supervision which can take a minimum of 1.5 hours to 2 hours depending on how many children the foster family is looking after and how things are going. This will not be my only...
by To the Moon and Back Fostering | Dec 19, 2018 | support
Our foster carers are asked to support and promote safe time with the children’s family and help a child maintain a positive relationship with their parents, siblings, grandparents and other members of their family. This is always done in a planned way that ensures...
