Fostering, adoption and looked-after children news
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Council marks Foster Care Fortnight with new recruitment drive
Published on 13 May 2024
Midlothian Council is launching its new recruitment campaign for foster carers today, the start of Foster Care Fortnight.
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Midlothian foster carers now amongst the highest paid carers in Scotland
Published on 26 Feb 2024
Midlothian Council today agreed to a 5.5% increase in foster carers fees.
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Care-experienced Council Leader urges people to consider fostering
Published on 15 Aug 2023
Midlothian Council Leader Councillor Kelly Parry said as a looked-after child and now a mum herself, she would urge anyone even vaguely considering fostering to go along to our next drop-in event.
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Council guarantees job interviews to care-experienced
Published on 27 Jun 2023
Care-experienced young people and adults will be guaranteed a job interview with Midlothian Council.
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Success for ground-breaking project to support care-experienced young people
Published on 27 Jun 2023
All of the care-experienced young people who have taken part in a ground-breaking Midlothian Council project since August 2021 are continuing to be supported to live independent, fulfilled lives.
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Positive inspection rating for council's care homes for young people
Published on 1 Mar 2023
Midlothian Council’s residential care homes for young people have been rated as ‘very good’ after an unannounced inspection by the Care Inspectorate.
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Kids left home for university leaving an empty nest?
Published on 21 Sep 2022
If you find yourself in an ‘empty nest’ after your children have grown up and left home why not use those valuable parenting skills you have gained over the years?
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Ground-breaking project supporting care-experienced young people celebrates first anniversary
Published on 1 Nov 2021
On the first anniversary of a ground-breaking Midlothian Council project, nine care-experienced young people are being supported to live independent, fulfilled lives.
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Could you foster like Denise?
Published on 4 Mar 2021
Fostering with Midlothian Council is one of the best decisions Denise Adams has ever made, she says.
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Council to buy house for specialist care for children
Published on 23 Feb 2021
Councillors have agreed to the purchase of a house to support children aged between 5 and 12-years-of-age who are unable to live in a family setting.
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