World Mental Health Day 2020

Published 10 Oct 2020

Today is World Mental Health Day, a day of advocacy, education and awareness. Mental health has a significant impact on the day to day lives of children and adults; and the impact of Covid19 and the associated lockdown will have a lasting impact.

Here at Affinity Fostering we understand the importance and impact of mental health, and work hard to provide the Affinity Family members with the support and resources they need. As part of our ongoing training commitment our staff have just completed Young People and Mental Health Training.

We recently released a selection of self care and mental health support materials for our foster carers and the young people in our care to help them support themselves and those around them with their mental health. We identified small every day activities that could help them introduce self-care in to their daily routines.

We have included parts of the booklets below, additionally there are range of excellent resources for improving mental health in the below links.

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Affinity Fostering were rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in 2022. In-fact we’ve been rated Outstanding in every inspection since we opened our agency!

“The children consistently spoke of the joy of being part of the fostering family.” - Ofsted

“Foster families and agency staff work exceptionally well as a team to support all the children." - Ofsted

“The therapeutic approaches and commitment to inclusive practice form a golden thread throughout the service." - Ofsted

"The commitment to helping children have their voices heard is embedded at every level in the agency." - Ofsted

"The children openly share their views, confident that their opinions are valued and acted on." - Ofsted

"The comprehensive support offered to children looked after is mirrored for birth children and foster carers." - Ofsted

"Foster carers’ assessment, recruitment, supervision and training emphasise the importance of safeguarding and building safe environments for children to flourish." - Ofsted

"Children who are fostered, birth children and foster carers feel safe and cared for by the agency. They know that the agency staff will always ensure that they are all supported to stay safe." - Ofsted

"The high aspirations for children, carers and everyone involved with the agency are clearly modelled and shared from the top down." - Ofsted

"Children, carers and staff describe an organisational culture of nurture, value, respect and empowerment from the first point of contact with the agency. This nurtures highly positive outcomes for children"

"The agency provides an impressive training and support offer for foster children, birth children, foster carers and staff alike." - Ofsted

"Every child, staff and foster carer knows that they can ring the manager or director and anyone in this agency and that the person they speak to will have time for them" - Ofsted

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Why Affinity are the best agency for new foster carers

Affinity Fostering were rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in 2022. In-fact we’ve been rated Outstanding in every inspection since we opened our agency!

“The children consistently spoke of the joy of being part of the fostering family.” - Ofsted

“Foster families and agency staff work exceptionally well as a team to support all the children." - Ofsted

“The therapeutic approaches and commitment to inclusive practice form a golden thread throughout the service." - Ofsted

"The commitment to helping children have their voices heard is embedded at every level in the agency." - Ofsted

"The children openly share their views, confident that their opinions are valued and acted on." - Ofsted

"The comprehensive support offered to children looked after is mirrored for birth children and foster carers." - Ofsted

"Foster carers’ assessment, recruitment, supervision and training emphasise the importance of safeguarding and building safe environments for children to flourish." - Ofsted

"Children who are fostered, birth children and foster carers feel safe and cared for by the agency. They know that the agency staff will always ensure that they are all supported to stay safe." - Ofsted

"The high aspirations for children, carers and everyone involved with the agency are clearly modelled and shared from the top down." - Ofsted

"Children, carers and staff describe an organisational culture of nurture, value, respect and empowerment from the first point of contact with the agency. This nurtures highly positive outcomes for children"

"The agency provides an impressive training and support offer for foster children, birth children, foster carers and staff alike." - Ofsted

"Every child, staff and foster carer knows that they can ring the manager or director and anyone in this agency and that the person they speak to will have time for them" - Ofsted

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Why Affinity are the best agency for new foster carers

Affinity Fostering were rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in 2022. In-fact we’ve been rated Outstanding in every inspection since we opened our agency!

“The children consistently spoke of the joy of being part of the fostering family.” - Ofsted

“Foster families and agency staff work exceptionally well as a team to support all the children." - Ofsted

“The therapeutic approaches and commitment to inclusive practice form a golden thread throughout the service." - Ofsted

"The commitment to helping children have their voices heard is embedded at every level in the agency." - Ofsted

"The children openly share their views, confident that their opinions are valued and acted on." - Ofsted

"The comprehensive support offered to children looked after is mirrored for birth children and foster carers." - Ofsted

"Foster carers’ assessment, recruitment, supervision and training emphasise the importance of safeguarding and building safe environments for children to flourish." - Ofsted

"Children who are fostered, birth children and foster carers feel safe and cared for by the agency. They know that the agency staff will always ensure that they are all supported to stay safe." - Ofsted

"The high aspirations for children, carers and everyone involved with the agency are clearly modelled and shared from the top down." - Ofsted

"Children, carers and staff describe an organisational culture of nurture, value, respect and empowerment from the first point of contact with the agency. This nurtures highly positive outcomes for children"

"The agency provides an impressive training and support offer for foster children, birth children, foster carers and staff alike." - Ofsted

"Every child, staff and foster carer knows that they can ring the manager or director and anyone in this agency and that the person they speak to will have time for them" - Ofsted

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