Over 10,000 Foster Parents Trust CHARMS to Record the Story Behind Every Child's Journey
Every day, more than 10,000 foster parents use CHARMS to record logs, observations, and important updates about the children and young people in their care. These daily records create a rich and valuable picture of a child's experiences, achievements, challenges, and wellbeing, helping fostering agencies and state/federal authorities ensure that every child receives the support they need.
Foster parents and other carers play a vital role in capturing information that might otherwise be lost. From educational achievements and health appointments to emotional wellbeing, family contact sessions, and day-to-day milestones, regular logging provides an accurate account of a child's progress. By using CHARMS to record these observations in real time, carers can ensure that social workers, supervising social workers, and fostering teams have access to up-to-date information whenever it is needed. This not only improves communication across the professional network but also helps inform important decisions about a child's care and future planning.
Why Regular Foster Care Logging Matters
Recording regular logs is about far more than compliance. Accurate and timely records can:
Build a comprehensive picture of a child's journey in care.
Help identify emerging safeguarding concerns at an early stage.
Support positive outcomes through evidence-based decision-making.
Provide valuable information for reviews, inspections, and care planning.
Capture achievements, milestones, and progress that deserve recognition.
Improve communication between carers, social workers, and fostering agencies.
Ensure important events and observations are not forgotten over time.
When records are maintained consistently, agencies can respond more effectively to a child's changing needs and demonstrate the quality of support being provided. Good record keeping helps everyone involved in a child's care work from the same information, reducing misunderstandings and ensuring continuity of care.
Supporting Foster Parents Through Technology
CHARMS has been designed to make logging simple, secure, and accessible. Whether recording daily logs, significant events, health updates, education information, or safeguarding concerns, foster parents can quickly capture information from wherever they are. This reduces administrative burden while helping agencies maintain high standards of record keeping and regulatory compliance.
Reaching the milestone of over 10,000 active foster parents recording logs within CHARMS reflects both the trust that carers place in the platform and the commitment of fostering services to improving outcomes through better information sharing. Every log entered contributes to a clearer understanding of children's lives and helps professionals make informed decisions that support their safety, wellbeing, and development.
As fostering services continue to embrace digital transformation, accurate and timely recording remains one of the most important tools available for delivering high-quality care. Through CHARMS, thousands of foster parents are helping to ensure that every child's story is recorded, understood, and supported.
