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ALT A flyer on a light blue background. In the top right, the VOYPIC logo. On the left, an image of a young woman wearing a light pink top. Text reads: MAKING IT BETTER A MANIFEST FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN AND LEAVING CARE Be part of the change. Have your say at: www.voypic.org/better
ALT An image of a family sitting, two adults with two children between. The adults have raised hands above and covering the two children. The text reads 'Fostering families in Northern Ireland are paying 43% of the costs of care from their own pocket.' This is the difference between current Northern Ireland allowances and the calculated cost of care.
ALT Image of a woman with hand on head in confusion. Quote from research "A clear picture emerged around the key challenges that foster carers faced, which included feeling unsupported, lacking respect by fostering services, and facing processes around fostering felt bureaucratic and unprofessional...these issues are key when considering how to improve the retention of foster carers." Ott, E., Wills, E., Hall, A., & Gupta, S. 2023. Foster carer recruitment and retention in England. Centre for Evidence and Implementation and The Fostering Network.
ALT A close up image of a woman with tears rolling down her cheek. The test is a quote from research 'During placement breakdown “foster carers have felt blamed and even vilified... Shame may have been exacerbated given that the social care system was perceived to blame and belittle foster carers.” Valentine, D., MacCallum, F., & Knibbs, J. (2019). When carers end foster placements: exploring foster carers’ experience of adolescent foster placement breakdown. Adoption & Fostering, 43(4), 445–460.
ALT An image of a man with hand to his head grasping his hair. Quote from research "“Foster carers reported feeling completely underprepared and bereft of support when they first started fostering, despite their initial training. Many found the experience quite a shock and in retrospect felt that they had been naïve on entering the service.” Maclay,F. Bunce, M & Purves, D. (2006) Surviving the system as a foster carer. Adoption & Fostering. Vol 30 # 1
ALT Do you have an interest in patient safety issues and improving HSC services? The Department of Health is looking for two people with lived experience of the healthcare system to help shape and develop a new framework to replace the current Serious Adverse Incident process.
