Report on meeting Agency Recruitment Needs
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A recent report funded by The Department for Education & Skills into foster carer recruitment found that over a quarter of all fostering services had no strategy for the recruitment of foster carers.
The report published by The Fostering Network also found that just under half have no post dedicated to the recruitment task.
With a shortage of over 8,000 foster carers in England, these are both basic and crucial omissions.
The report provides seven areas felt necessary for the successful recruitment of foster carers ranging from the development of a recruitment strategy for every agency to finding out why foster carers leave their service.
