Purpose

The Foster with Us Recruitment Hub completes
Year One on 31st March 2025 following Dept for Education funding.
The report will provide an overview and evaluation of Year One and
the past seven months of the Hub being in place, with proposals for
Year Two Sustainability.

Content

(1) 
That the evaluation and overview of the first year of the new
fostering recruitment programme, with the Council as the lead
authority be noted.
 
(2) 
That the proposed budget for 2025/26 be agreed and it be noted how
this would be funded, as set out in the report and at Appendix
1.
 
(3) 
That a further report be submitted to the Executive Board no later
than December 2025 setting out how the Fostering Recruitment Hub
would be funded in a sustainable way from 2026/27 onwards.