FOI Request - Fostering Policies

Request 101003687784

1.  Please provide the Moray Council policy, advice or guidance for staff on establishing who is classed as a main carer.  If no policy, advice or guidance exists, please provide a statement of the normal practice for how this is established.

2.  Please provide the Moray Council policy, advice or guidance for staff / foster carers on respite provision.  If no policy, advice or guidance exists, please provide a statement confirming what foster carers are advised what they can and can not do whilst a child in their care in on respite.

3.  Please provide the Moray Council policy, advice or guidance for staff on supervision requirements for foster carers.

a.  Please confirm in relation to supervision the training that staff undertake as a supervising social worker in relation to supervision.

b.  Please confirm the Moray Council policy, advice or guidance for monitoring the quality of staff record keeping regarding the supervision requirements for foster carers.

4.  Please provide the Moray Council policy, advice or guidance for staff on training requirements for foster carers.    

a.  Please confirm in relation to training requirements for foster carers, the number of foster carers in Moray who have completed all the training relevant to their current fostering level.

b.  Please confirm the total number of foster carers in Moray

c.  For those that haven't met the current level of training, please provide details on what additional support the service provide these carers.