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Our Commitment
Here at Lotus Foster Care, we are a friendly and supportive team of professionals who truly understand the needs of children and foster carers. Everyone feels welcomed and immediately part of the Lotus family.
Our commitment to help fostered children and young people in our communities is at the heart of everything we do. It is because of this child-centred approach that we strive to do our best to support our foster carers.
Lotus Foster Care believes in providing support that allow our carers to focus on the well-being and care of their foster child. To this end, we offer our carers the following:
- Excellent training, including specialisms
- Competitive fostering allowances
- Dedicated social work support
- An opportunity to grow and develop
- 24-hour support through our experienced team members
- An opportunity to meet likeminded people who are committed to transforming the lives of children and young people in care
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Ofsted Inspection Feedback
The fostering agency provides good-quality care. Outcomes for children are positive. They develop secure attachments with their foster families and have a very strong sense of belonging. A child told the inspector: ‘Everything here is fine. The family are like my real family. I feel at home'.
Leaders and managers are ambitious and strive for continual improvement; many aspects of the agency’s leadership and management are sound. The registered manager is experienced and qualified, and he receives support from the responsible individual and one other director. The agency’s development plan supports continued improvement. This includes plans to recruit more foster carers.
Feedback from stakeholders about this fostering service was overwhelmingly positive. Most stakeholders said that the fostering service provides safe placements and that children have good experiences and make steady progress.
Children benefit from the fostering agency’s protocols and procedures regarding the prevention of COVID-19. This preventive work has helped to keep children and foster carers safe throughout the pandemic.
Staff work hard to protect children from neglect, harm, abuse and bullying. The staff team and foster carers ensure that the safety and well-being of children are central to the agency’s work. The training and supervision of staff and foster carers have a strong focus on child protection.
Leaders and managers provide foster carers and staff with excellent support and supervision. A foster carer said: ‘Staff offer very good support and there is excellent communication between us. Staff are knowledgeable about what they are doing and are professional. That’s very important.
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