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- We offer homes for children and young people who have experienced neglect, abuse and trauma. We support them in small, family style homes. We know this setting best meets the needs of each child.
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Foster carers are people who look after children and young people in their own homes when they are unable to live with their family. Foster carers are ordinary people who care about children and young people and want to help make sure they are safe.
- What Is The Difference Between Fostering and Adoption?
- Independent Fostering Agency Or Local Authority?
- Types of Foster Care
- Why Foster?
Often, people query the difference between fostering and adoption. Adoption refers to a long-term permanent solution where, as the parents, you have full legal responsibility of the child. However, in foster care, this is usually more of a temporary measure – and the local authority and child’s birth parents still have legal responsibility for the ...
Foster carers are registered with either an approved independent fostering agency, like us here at FosterCare UK, or by a local authority. Most local authorities in England have their own foster carers, but over the last ten years, increasingly more foster children are looked after by carers registered with fostering agencies. This year, nearly hal...
There are various types of foster care available for carers. It may be that a placement begins on an emergency fostering placement, but then moves into a temporary response. Some of the different types of fostering include: 1. Short term fostering 2. Long term fostering 3. Emergency foster care 4. Therapeutic foster care To learn more, find out abo...
All children deserve a safe place to live – and the demand for foster carers to support the children in the care system is always high. Are you passionate about making a difference in young people’s lives? Foster care may be the right path for you. And by choosing FosterCare as your fostering agency, you’ll be in safe hands – with our team guiding ...
Foster care is a way of offering children and young people a home while their own family are unable to look after them. This can be for a variety of reasons, from temporary illness to issues such as abuse within their home or the death of a primary carer.
Sylvia. Foster carer with Barnardo's. Who can foster? We welcome foster carers from all walks of life. No two children are the same – and the same goes for foster parents. Our carers come from diverse backgrounds, and each bring their own unique life experiences, skills and qualities.
Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To become a foster parent you must: have the right to work in the UK. be able to take care of a child or young person,...
- There are many types of foster care. The application process is the same for all types. Long term You foster children who cannot go back to their b...
- All foster parents receive a foster care allowance to cover the cost of caring for a child. The minimum is usually between £154 and £270 a week. Th...
- The process starts when you apply to become a foster parent and finishes with a decision from the fostering service. The process can take up to 8 m...
- Before you can foster a child you must pass an assessment by a social worker. Assessments have 2 stages that might be done separately or at the sam...
- The fostering service will contact you to tell you the result of your application. If you’re approved you’ll start training and meet your social wo...
Foster care is a well-organised system designed to offer safe, stable living conditions for around 80,000 children and teenagers in the UK. These are children who, due to various circumstances, can’t stay with their biological parents or guardians. Understanding foster care means recognising its profound impact on young lives and families.
Fostering provides children and young people with a stable home environment where they are cared for, nurtured and supported to realise their full potential. Children and young people in care need a safe, loving and secure environment to grow up in, where the opportunities and life chances available to them are equal to that of their peers.
