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We Are Recruiting – Supervising Social Worker (full or part time)

Would you like to be part of a forward thinking, trauma informed team of professionals who support foster carers, children and young people to better outcomes? We are currently recruiting a Supervising Social Worker to join our well established team.  If you think you are that special person who can become the next member of…

Panel Development Day

Number of our 20 for 20 year. Our Panel Development Days always take place in February but this year we brought together Panel members and staff for an extra special day. Having an understanding about each of our roles and responsibilities ensures that we are creating the brightest futures for care experienced children and young…

Celebrating 20 years in 2024

Number of our 20 for 20 year. Our 20th birthday celebrations got off to a great start as we launched our SCQF rated ‘Supporting Children and Young People Who Have Experienced Trauma’ qualification today. This brand new course is an exciting development for foster carers and our first cohort started their learning with a focus…

New Qualification for Foster Carers – Partnership with Newbattle Abbey College

Our Director and Promise Team visited Newbattle Abbey College to thank them for their partnership in approving our brand new foster carer qualification. The course ‘Supporting Children and Young People Who Have Experienced Trauma’ has been Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) rated at level 6 by the team at Newbattle. It is the first of…

Supporting health and wellbeing in the community

At Foster Care Connect we appreciate the importance of health and wellbeing and making links in the community.  We work closely with our fostering families and were asked by one family if we could sponsor Hawick RFC.  We were delighted to receive a photo of an action shot from a recent game and pleased to…