It's often perceived that people shouldn't do it for financial gain. This is a challenge undertaken by a group of fostering services, supported by the Fostering Network.Įxisting campaigns are largely pioneer-led, and as a result the inclusion of the fees available to foster is a significant taboo in foster carer recruitment. This presents the second opportunity: attract more foster carers from prospector and settler values groups to provide better opportunities to match the child with the right foster carer, first time. Just 5% are 'settlers', those who value security, family structure and routine. 22% are 'prospectors', characterised by a desire to be the best and keen to receive recognition for their actions. However, more than a quarter of foster carers share a non-pioneer set of values. A net gain of 36 foster carers in year one of the project and around 45 in year two is testament to the value of the theory for the service, critically supported by senior members of staff throughout the organisation. Wider processes have been updated to feature foster carers, addressing the pioneer need for a face-to-face conversation. Promotional material has been reviewed and updated to ensure terms designed to appeal to pioneers are included. It sought to make the most of the first opportunity: to recruit more pioneer foster carers. Hertfordshire council is one of the local authorities piloting a values-based approach. Pioneers have a strong sense of right and wrong, are concerned about the environment and the society in which they live, and have a strong desire to make a difference – traits one would expect of a foster carer. The research shows that 73% of foster carers share the same 'pioneer' values set, compared with a UK national average of around 30%. Values Mode theory has been used across a number of industries, and most recently has been applied to foster care recruitment. Our beliefs and attitudes influence many of our daily actions, from our politics to who we bank with, so it makes sense to consider them when looking at those who become foster carers.

One aid being used by services is Values Mode, a tool which profiles a person's personality and values. Barrett is no more than a child, and those left in the world are either out to get her, or to control her.But what should that message be, and how can fostering services connect with those who would be open to the idea of becoming a foster carer? On an average patrol, Del spots a pillar of fire in the distance and the source of it can only be one thing: demons have been summoned once more. She's hardened by this dead world, but something softer lies beneath her violent exterior.ĭespite the destruction of it all, there are those in the end of the world who feel that perhaps the first time didn't quite take. You play as Del, a bruiser who patrols the wastes in her truck. The wastes are harsh, and camaraderie is hard to come by.

The world has been lost to a demon apocalypse, the remnants of this devastation staining the landscape and leaving mere dozens of people alive. A half-hour long narrative game with survival gameplay elements and two endings. The demon summoned to embark this second apocalypse is only a child, and a woman who has lost it all resolves to save her. The world has ended once before, and there are those who aim to end it again.

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