<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Fostering and Adoption - Cafcass</title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk</link><description /><language>en-gb</language><copyright /><generator /><lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 11:13:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>CC Live: Gay and lesbian foster carers 'near bottom of hierarchy'</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108203/cc-live-gay-and-lesbian-foster-carers-near-bottom-of-hierarchy.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108203/cc-live-gay-and-lesbian-foster-carers-near-bottom-of-hierarchy.html</guid><description>Gay men and lesbians are near the bottom of an "unspoken hierarchy" of preferred foster carers and adoptive parents, an expert told Community Care Live today.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Concurrent planning in foster care</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108197/concurrent-planning-in-foster-care.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108197/concurrent-planning-in-foster-care.html</guid><description>Ten years since it arrived in the UK, concurrent planning is making progress as a means of fostering and adoption. Helen Mooney reports</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A first hand account of being an adoption social worker</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108198/a-first-hand-account-of-being-an-adoption-social-worker.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/05/16/108198/a-first-hand-account-of-being-an-adoption-social-worker.html</guid><description>Lindsey Ford will never her first adoption case and the caring efforts of all concerned to give a little girl with a sad beginning a happier life.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>