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Welcome to Chrysalis Care Fostering Agency CHRYSALIS CARE OPEN DAY Wednesday 15th May, 11am - 2pm Please call 020 8298 2800 for more information. We believe in children, they deserve the best... Chrysalis Care is an independent fostering provider which aims to transform the lives of children and young people through the quality of care they receive within a loving home, with highly trained, well supported foster families who are truly committed to their well-being. Since 1997, Chrysalis Care have established an excellent reputation, working with over 25 different local authorities in and around London, with offices in North and South London. As confirmed by our last inspection by OFSTED we provide "Outstanding" quality of care to children who, either temporarily or permanently are unable to live with their natural family. Visit ‘Why do Children Need Fostering?’ for more. Please click the logo to view our "Outstanding" 2011 Ofsted Inspection Report: "The agency provides exceptional levels of support to carers". Ofsted, 2011
What our carer's say about us: "With Chrysalis Care support is available around the clock, I never feel that I am on my own." “Chrysalis Care, for me, have offered excellent support and excellent training. The company strives to be the best in the field and they are willing to take each and every one with them”. For current fostering information from the Fostering Network and BAAF, please click the logos below:
Chrysalis Care Parent and Child Service
Chrysalis Care has a small dedicated group of carers who specialise in working with parents and children, as well as a children’s services department that supports this very specific work. Chrysalis Care have developed a placement provision that enables placements for children and families that require either a supported placement or a complex expert assessment within the PLO, court proceedings, or those child protection cases that are in need of a comprehensive assessment.
We recognise that each situation is unique. We need a range of foster carers to offer what each situation requires – Could you be one of our Parent and Child Foster Carers?
The training and preparation for our foster carers to undertake this work is considered alongside our Core Training programme and is linked to CWDC and national standards. As a Chrysalis Care foster carer, you are fully supported and prepared for the role.
If this is a role that you would like to consider, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss.
 Chrysalis Care Remand Fostering Service
Chrysalis Care has developed a scheme where a small, specially trained and dedicated group of foster carers provide remand placements for young people aged 10 to 16 years old, who are remanded to local authority accommodation. There is the requirement to ensure the welfare needs of young people in the criminal justice system are met, as well as effectively addressing serious or persistent offending behaviour. Chrysalis Care’s remand fostering offers a safe environment for an alleged offender, assisting the young person to achieve their goals and providing an alternative to secure or custodial accommodation whilst awaiting trial or sentencing.
Chrysalis Care supports young people during a difficult period in their life, as we feel that with appropriate support, young people can be assisted in reducing the likelihood of further re-offending or offending during the remand period. Chrysalis Care provides a non judgemental, safe, stable environment for young people on remand and feel that by taking a holistic, multi agency approach to remand fostering placements, we will enable young people to reflect on and address their offending behaviour as well as meeting their welfare needs.
Could you offer a nurturing environment for a young person who is on remand? If you think you could, please contact us to explore further and we will be happy to discuss with you.
Chrysalis Care Blogspot
Follow us on Blogspot for up to date information from Chrysalis Care staff and friends... Monday 18th February, 2013 Whitehall Child Protection Event
I attended an event at Whitehall the other week, organised by Westminster Education Forum and focused upon ‘reforming child protection’.
Joanna Oliver, Strategic Development Executive
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Monday 12th October, 2012
Apples and Pears, climbing the stairs to greater understanding of food allergies in children
Chrysalis Care ran a fantastic training session today, delivered by Mandy and Chetali of ‘Apples and Pears health’ and as a trainer and lecturer myself, I could descend into a monologue about the excellent training style, which was accessible and responsive (because of course, I am never ever judgemental about such things). However, it is my role as a parent of a child with allergies that inspires this blog and for any foster carer or in fact, child care worker, this training is perhaps more generically necessary than is given credit for...
Joanna Oliver, Strategic Development Executive
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Thursday 25th October, 2012 In the spirit of not wasting a good crisis!
I went along to the London Care Services special educational needs (SEN) and children in care (CIC) Autumn conference last week and what a fantastic mix of speakers were there to address us...
Joanna Oliver, Strategic Development Executive
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Tuesday 2nd October, 2012 Finding the flexible spaces
En route to the office today, I was thinking about the dichotomy we face. There is an emphasis on less bureaucracy, for instance, via the Big (or is it big?) society agenda and the hot topic of ‘delegated authority’. Against this backdrop of more ‘freedom’ to be autonomous, is the increasing demands to evidence that we are undertaking effective practice, for instance requests from Local Authorities to prove that we CRB check our foster carers and staff. It seems that reference to robust systems, policies and procedures and being rated Outstanding by Ofsted is not enough. But that’s not the main point of this blog…..
Joanna Oliver, Strategic Development Executive
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Thursday 16th August, 2012 The role of the foster carer is awe inspiring. A significant factor in their role is in caring for a child and ensuring they feel a genuine sense of belonging and acceptance, yet also being ready to let go of the child when the time is right. That right time may not always feel right and may not always actually be right...it may be influenced by limited access to resources, or an unwelcome change in the child's circumstance. If fortunate, the right time will be when the child is ready to move on; when they are ready to leave behind the part of their lives that has served them thus far; when they are ready to move on to develop the skills needed to make a potential future life change. The story of Tony, who is the teenager with autism profiled in a recent BBC4 programme, epitomised this perfectly... Click the image below to read more from Jo Oliver or clicks the link to view the programme or to find out more... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lyczl Tuesday 14th August, 2012 Care Home kids... looking for love... What fantastic TV viewing this recent BBC3 programme made. Ashley Jean-Baptiste is an incredibly compelling presenter, whose passion for the subject area is undeniable. Knowing a little about his story and his affinity with the young people he spoke with, made the programme believable – a real ‘slice of life’. As someone who has succeeded through the care system and knows all too well the impact of a childhood spent in foster homes and residential childrens’ homes, Ashleigh conveyed to us the pain of being a ‘care home kid’, who fundamentally just wanted to belong somewhere, to someone..... Joanna Oliver, Strategic Development Executive
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Tuesday 22nd May, 2012
A right Royal celebration!
Our Registered Manager, Ian Dixon, attended the Fostering Network’s ‘A celebration of Fostering’ event last night, at the Royal Festival Hall. The event gave an opportunity to celebrate the fantastic work of foster carers nationwide and in light of the recent focus upon adoption, through the well publicised ‘Give a Child a Home’ initiative, the spotlight upon foster carers was extremely welcome…
Joanna Oliver, Strategic Development Executive
We are ‘Outstanding’….but what does it mean nowadays?
At Chrysalis Care, we are extremely proud of our Ofsted ‘outstanding’ status. We have always been outstanding and were ‘excellent’ beforehand. We know all too well, the hard work and commitment that is required, not only in the weeks leading up to and during the Inspection but also on an ongoing basis. This leads me to consider what it means to be outstanding nowadays. For all of us who compile PQQs and tender documents, we know that our Ofsted rating is only one consideration amongst many and is becoming increasingly less of a priority, as ‘efficiency savings’ demand greater focus.
So, what does it mean to be ‘outstanding’ nowadays?
Joanna Oliver, Strategic Development Executive
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