Foster Care Fortnight: Sarah Thomas

About this episode

This episode features a discussion on fostering with Sarah Thomas, focusing on innovations and reforms in the sector.

Send us Fan Mail It’s the second week of Foster Care Fortnight, so this week we are shining a spotlight on fostering. Matt and Hannah are joined by Sarah Thomas, Chief Executive at The Fostering Network. This episode celebrates fostering, exploring innovations in the sector and considers fostering reforms across the U.K, as well as some of the work which Sarah has been doing in Japan in relation to fostering. Fans of the pod will know that we love The Traitors, and for this special episode to...

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt, Hannah

Guest: Sarah Thomas

Topics covered

• fostering
• social work
• fostering reforms
• innovation in fostering
• Foster Care Fortnight

Keywords

• fostering
• Foster Care Fortnight
• social work
• Sarah Thomas
• The Fostering Network
• U.K
• Japan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Fostering Network

Places: U.K, Japan

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