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My journey: from vulnerability to Changing the Script on social work 

Posted by: Clair Graham, Posted on: 11 June 2025 - Categories: Foster care, Leadership, Leadership, Social Work, Working in children's social care
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Clair Graham talks about overcoming childhood challenges, the path to transformation, and champions social work's true impact.

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Becoming Foster Carers in the East Midlands

Posted by: Sharnie and Zak, Posted on: 12 May 2025 - Categories: Foster care
Sharnie and Zak

Sharnie and Zak's story We’re Sharnie and Zak, and we’re new foster carers with Foster for East Midlands Councils. We live in Nottinghamshire with our young daughter, and this year, we began our fostering journey after years of talking about …

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Providing a safe, nurturing environment through foster care

Posted by: Maria Ekeke, Posted on: 24 May 2023 - Categories: Foster care
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Maria and Robert have been foster carers since 2010 and have fostered over 50 children and young people to date. In this blog, Maria shares their journey to becoming foster carers and how they support children and young people.

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In foster care, every child provides an opportunity to make progress and move forward

Posted by: Denise Allen and Helen Pasco, Posted on: 17 August 2021 - Categories: Foster care
Helen and Steve Pasco.

Denise Allen is a Fostering Social Worker at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council where Helen Pasco is a foster carer. The pair reflect on what they’ve learnt about fostering over the years.

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Durham’s Fostering Team: Helping amazing foster families to reach their potential

Posted by: Julie Armstrong, John Ellison and Amy Kelly, Posted on: 12 May 2021 - Categories: Foster care
Durham's Fostering Team

As part of Foster Care Fortnight (10 – 23 May), we spoke to the Fostering Team at Durham County Council about what it means to be a foster care social worker.

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