Why Foster?
Being a Foster Carer is a highly skilled and specialist role, which requires energetic, compassionate and understanding individuals.
A Foster Carers main purpose is to make a positive contribution to the futures of children and young people by providing a safe, healthy, enjoyable environment where they can develop and achieve their full potential.
Being a Foster Carer is a full time vocation which gives you the opportunity to make a positive difference to a child or young person’s life.
We understand the challenges fostering can present but it can also be extremely rewarding and with this in mind we have put together an excellent package for all our Foster Carers which includes:-
- Generous Foster Carer Allowance
- 24/7 Support from the Fostering Team
- Free Membership to Foster Talk
- Dedicated Supervisory Social Worker
- Regular Foster Carer Support Groups
- Ongoing comprehensive training programme
- 14 nights paid respite per year
