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Bridget Betts qualified as a social worker in 1980, and she has held a variety of posts in both the statutory and voluntary sectors during the course of her career. Bridget has worked in the field of adoption and fostering for the past 18 years, and her role has included the training and preparation of carers and the preparation of children for permanence and adoption, including the completion of life story work. Bridget brings to this area her own experience as an adopted person.

Since April 1999 Bridget has worked as an independent social worker; she currently works on a freelance basis as a trainer and consultant for a number of agencies.

Bridget has produced three interactive CDs for use with children, one film and two books, all of which are available from BAAF, and is working on further resources. 

Bridget has been chair of the Midlands Family Placement Group (2008 – 2010) and is chair of Family Futures Adoption Panel. She is also a director of Fostering People Too, an independent fostering service based in Essex which was judged by Ofsted as outstanding.

A list of the agencies and local authorities with which Bridget has worked is given below. Click here to hide the list.

Acorn Fostering
Action for Children
Adoption Focus
Adoption UK
Adoption Support
Alpha Plus Fostering
BAAF
Barnardos
Barnsley
Barnet
Birmingham
Bradford
By The Bridge
Cardiff
Caring for Teenagers
Cabrini
Ceredigion
Child and Family Training
Children’s Society
Clackmannanshire
Compass
Coventry
Creative Child Care
CSCI
Derby City
Derbyshire
Down and Lisburn Health and Social Services Trust
Durham
Essex
Faith in Families
Family Futures
Father Hudsons
Foster Care Services North West
Fostering People
Fostering People Too
Fostering Network
Flying Colours Foster Care
Guernsey
Guiding Lights Foster Care
Hertfordshire
Islington
ISP
Leeds
Leicestershire
Leicester City
Luton
Middlesbrough
Milton Keynes 
Newham
Nottingham City
Nottinghamshire
North London Adoption Consortium
Oldham
Orange Grove
Parents for Children
Pathway Care
Powys
Progress Children’s Services
Rotherham
Rutland
SHSSB Northern Ireland
S & EHSSB Northern Ireland
Stirling
South Gloustershire
Southend
Solihull
St Helens
Staffordshire
Stockport
Stoke-on-Trent
Surrey
SWIIS Foster Care
Tact
Team Fostering
The Foster Care Co-operative
Thurrock
Trafford
Treehouses
Wakefield
Walsall
Wandsworth
Warwickshire
West Midlands Adoption Consortium
Westcare Health and Social Services Trust
Wirral
Wolverhampton
Worcestershire
Yorkshire Adoption Consortium