Become a foster parent

Contact us through our Call Back Request, or feel free to call or email us directly.

We will provide an information pack and follow up to organise a suitable time to call you. Take your time, as the process is for you, and is going to help make a real difference to a child or young person.

We will give you a call to cover your initial questions, and discuss the fostering journey and whether it’s right for you.

We can also talk you through the key requirements, how this will impact you, the positives and the next steps.

This would involve spending time together to discuss your fostering interest further, and cover the process in more depth.

This includes getting to know each other, and a greater insight into what you can expect from fostering. This can be through a face-to-face meeting at your home, or a video call. Allow for up to two hours overall for your questions and additional information on fostering.

Once you have agreed to meet the criteria to become a foster carer, and you are committed to making the difference to children through fostering, you would complete an application form to start the step-by-step process.

We will be on hand to help you complete this, so don’t worry if you need to ask questions.

You will be allocated a skilled fostering assessor that will visit you to go through an assessment process to determine your suitability to foster. This will, of course, be a two-way process.

We will also invite you to attend our Skills to Foster training program. This will be focused on training to prepare you to foster, and build on your skills further. All you need to do is put the time aside and make the most of the knowledge, experience and time spent with other potential foster carers.

This covers all your information about becoming a foster carer, and allows for questions through the discussion.

We will also build on your training further, allocating you relevant courses, and assign you with a dedicated social worker to support you every day.