Foster Carer's Card

From 30 March 2008 foster, relative and kinship carers will be issued with an identification card.

Carers can use the identification card to prove their status as registered carers. They may present their card in conjunction with photo identification and their child’s verification of child in care form to demonstrate their relationship to the child or young person in their care.

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What is an Individual Education Plan?

An Individual Education Plan (IEP) is a document that describes strategies to address the particular educational needs of a child/young person. It includes school attendance, behaviour management and strategies to enhance their achievement. The IEP is developed by school staff (e.g. school counsellor or principal) in collaboration with the child/young person’s support group which includes school staff, caregiver, social worker and other professionals involved in working with the child/young person.

IEPs will generally be negotiated within one month of a child/young person going into care or enrolling in a new school. It will be reviewed every year by the support group.

I N S I D E   T H I S   CA R E R   F A C T S H E E T

1. What is an Individual Education Plan?
2. Why Individual Education Plans for Children under Guardianship?
3. The Carer’s role in the IEP Process
4. Which Children should have an IEP?
5. Factors that Help a Child’s Educational Achievement
6. Factors that Hinder a Child’s Educational Achievement
7. References
8. Who do I contact if the child in my care doesn’t have an IEP?
9. Contact Information

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