We deliver quality care and placements for children guided by UK regulations and evaluated by Ofsted. Indigo integrates strategic oversight with frontline operations to ensure children's welfare and safety.
Our oversight, advisory, operations and frontline roles and processes lend a high-level perspective on how Indigo Fostering delivers safe and enriching experiences for children in care.
Ofsted is the independent body which institutes rigorous multi-criteria inspections across our infrastructure, case management, carer appropriateness and leadership capabilities and rates our quality, safety & care effectiveness.
View Ofsted's websiteThe ADM evaluates recommendations from our panel reviews and leadership inputs to formally ratify foster arrangements, applicant approvals and assure continuity for delivering consistent standards of high-quality care.
Our policies offer clear procedural frameworks spanning performance parameters, accountability of practice and progressive milestones required for statutory, quality and outcome compliances.
View Indigo WikiOur senior oversight authority who is accountable for regulatory and continuity viability through directing leadership priorities, resource allocation, and risk mitigation across the agency.
An independent body of child safeguarding professionals who provide recommendations on the suitability of foster carer applicants, placement arrangements and corrective actions needed in case of care standard deviations via impartial case reviews.
Responsible for day-to-day functions concerning casework, staff oversight, and foster carer management to ensure quality care per the regulatory standards. The RM links our strategic leadership with frontline operations.
The supervising social worker oversees foster placements, liaises between foster carers and leadership, and advocates for children's interests as well as provides frontline support. Your SSW ensures smooth day-to-day operations within the foster home.
The Child Social Worker and Independent Review Officer are local authority figures who ensure the safeguarding and welfare of children through specialised case work, which independently evaluates foster placement suitability and care plan efficacy on an ongoing basis.
Indigo Foster Carers provide daily care and nurturing tailored to the needs of children placed with them. They are responsible for children's safety and wellbeing via their requisite health, education and wellbeing needs, and provide a serene, stable home environment with robust ongoing support from our organisation.
Medical, psychosocial and academic experts can provide specialised services to foster children for addressing their individual care needs including trauma, language and learning gaps, mental health and others beyond the general capabilities of foster carers. These external professionals are responsible for timely expert interventions based on referrals, and share progress indicators with our staff to coordinate holistic oversight.
UK regulations ensure our operations adhere to government statutes, directs compliance across staff selection, foster home standards, placement procedures, incident reporting and more. They dictate our codes of practice spanning departmental accountability, infrastructure prerequisites, child protection requirements, approval, reviews, and more.
View how we comply with the regulationsAt the absolute centre of our organisation our purpose is to provide individualised support addressing the physical, educational and mental health and wellbeing needs of young people in our care. All services revolve around supporting the achievement of children's growth and potential within a nurturing home environment.
Monitoring ensures that Indigo Fostering standards of care and policies are being adhered to and that the young person's needs are met. For example this involves undertaking regular checks and balances by the Supervising Social Worker, overseen by the Registered Manager.
Recording spans across all roles ensuring accountability across the agency. This involves maintaining records of decisions, care plans, and other critical documentation. The Responsible Individual oversees that all proper records are kept, which is crucial for Ofsted's regulatory oversight.
Review and continuous development are ingrained throughout the agency's operations, where our standardised procedures ensure that records, reports, recommendations and action plans are analysed and fed back into the agency's improvement mechanism.
Referral processes ensure Indigo connects children effectively with the appropriate care and services they need. Overseen by the Registered Manager, this can also involve professionals like the Child Social Worker or Independent Review Officer.
Reporting involves the collection and submission of information about the agency's operations and the welfare of the young people in our care. Our standardised information sharing processes comprehensively direct all statutory reporting up and across the chain of command from front-line staff to senior management and Ofsted.
Maps out the path for foster carers, including assessment, training, and development milestones.
Indigo Children's Guide
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Our digital repository containing resources like our policies and the Indigo CALM Foster Carer Induction Program.
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