DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION (External organisation)

Activity: MembershipResearch Group

Description

Promoting the recruitment and retention of foster carers in Yorkshire

Research consultant to this Department for Education project taking place over 18 months and based on a partnership between Leeds and Calderdale Councils, Core Assets and Fostering Yorkshire. The project will focus on overcoming barriers to the recruitment of under-represented groups: employed foster carers; carers from Eastern European backgrounds and specialist carers for children with more complex needs.
Period1 Nov 20131 May 2015
Held atDEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

Keywords

  • foster carers
  • retention
  • recruitment
  • yorkshire