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Chrysalis Care News
In light of the recent Corona Virus cases that have been highlighted within the U.K, please see below the guidance provided by the Department for Education. We would appreciate you taking the time to read through this information and if you have any further concerns please do discuss with these with your Supervising Social Worker or call into the office.
It is important for us to remind you that should you or any member of your household, including foster children, display any symptoms of the above virus, that you notify us and a medical practitioner immediately. Please click here for the link to the Department for education website.
With warmest regards
The Chrysalis Care Team
News
Look out for our Bitesize information online sessions –
Have you ever thought about becoming a foster carer? Would you like to find out what’s involved in looking after a child or young person in care?
Then come and join our fostering information sessions, during these sessions we will be talking about a variety of subjects and how they relate to fostering.
We’ll talk you through how all of these subjects are vital to the role of a foster carer along with the challenges, and the rewards.
As a foster carer, what really matters to us at Chrysalis Care is that you can offer your experience, time, and a spare bedroom to a local child in need, to help them to experience a happy family life and grow in confidence.
To join these sessions, simply email info@chrysaliscare.org or message us on our contact page and we will send you the link.
You don’t need to commit to fostering—just come along to find out more. We look forward to meeting you.
We have two new blogs ready for you to read from two of our single foster carers, showing you don’t have to be married to foster – click here to read them.
Plus our newest blog called – Can we foster a new narrative around young people?
Would you like to sign up to our Chrysalis Care newsletter to receive regular fostering news, updates and information. Go to the bottom of any of our main pages, (scroll down and find below) add your name and email address and we will do the rest.
Or if you have a question about fostering that you would like to submit, use the link at the bottom of the page, and a member of the Chrysalis Care team will get back to you.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Learning and Development
Learning and development is incredibly important for our foster carers, as the say ‘Never stop learning as life never stops teaching’ . Now our very own in house Learning Space Trainer is providing a selection of interesting courses, and more will follow in the future. Click on the link below to find out more about them.
Attachment Theory and Practice for Foster Carers
Understanding CSE, grooming and cyber safety for foster carers
Equality and Diversity for foster carers
Record keeping for foster carers
Child Development for foster carers
http://chrysalis-care-fostering-excellence-learning-space.thinkific.com/
To learn more about Chrysalis Care’s learning and development department click here.
Chrysalis Care Events
We love you visiting our website and we also love to speak to you face to face! In fact, we love all things fostering. Keep an eye on this page, We run many events throughout the year, If you want to explore fostering, come along to one to meet members of the Chrysalis Care team where we can answer all of your fostering questions. Look out for us on social media and here to see if we are heading to an event near you.
If you cannot make it out to see us, we will add any useful news and information to this page to keep you up to date with the fostering world.
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Our next event
Chrysalis Care fostering information session - September 9th - 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Have you ever thought about becoming a foster carer? Would you like to find out what’s involved in looking after a child or young person in care? Then come and join our fostering information session!
We’ll talk you through what fostering is all about, and how we assess and approve new foster carers, and one of our foster carers will share with you about what it’s really like—the challenges, and the rewards. As a foster carer, what really matters to us at Chrysalis Care is that you can offer your experience, time, and a spare bedroom to a local child in need, to help them to experience a happy family life and grow in confidence.
To join this session, simply send a text with your name and home postcode to 07517 242885 and we’ll text back the access password to you—then all you need to do is click this meeting link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2266345212
You don’t need to commit to fostering—just come along to find out more. We look forward to meeting you on Wednesday 26th August at 11.00am.
Fostering information event
We will be at Erith Riverside Shopping Centre at the ‘Health and Care’ from Monday 21st October until Thursday 24th October! Come and meet the team to discuss all of your fostering questions. If you would like to find out more please call 0208 298 2800 .
