Guest blog - Trauma, trust and bedtime: A foster carer's experience
Hi, I'm Christina. I'm a mum, a single parent, and a local authority foster carer for Surrey. (Yes, fostering isn't for the faint-hearted, and yes—you can absolutely foster without a partner!) Alongside fostering, I'm a trainer for Surrey's Skills to Foster course, a fostering panel member involved in approving new foster carers, and I support Surrey's recruitment efforts by buddying prospective and newly approved carers. When I first became a foster carer, I was surprised by how often...