Fostering in St Helens

A Merseyside town and the administrative hub for its borough, St Helens is included in the historic county of Lancashire. The town has several popular residential areas including Eccleston, Rainford, Rainhill and Windle where families live and schools are available for children of all ages and learning abilities. This includes primary and secondary options, colleges for further education and several special education schools in places like Penkford and Mill Green. As a result, it makes an excellent place for younger people to develop.

At Beacon Fostering, our team bring decades of understanding to support families fostering in St Helens. Regardless of your own experience in fostering, you can count on us for a comprehensive service that always puts families first.

Are you keen on continuing or starting to foster in St Helens?

You might be pondering the possibility of becoming a foster parent but wish to find out more, be informed and keen to get cracking, or interested in changing your current agency. Irrespective of where you currently stand on the fostering ladder, we can provide expert advice, assistance, training and support.

First time fostering in St Helens?

If you have never fostered a child before, the prospect of making it happen can sometimes feel a little intimidating. That’s why we supply new foster parents with an inviting environment that ensures the process is friendly and fun, so you can feel safe while getting excited about your future role.

With many years of experience, our staff can help to provide answers to your burning questions, and provide specialist guidance step-by-step as you apply. They can also continue to provide support after you’ve become a foster parent, helping you on your way to becoming a happy and harmonious foster family.

Foster parent requirements in St Helens

Prospective foster parents must be 21 years or older with a spare room they can share inside their home. If you’re in good shape and healthy, you’ll find no upwards age cap applies to older foster families.

Informed St Helens foster families seeking a start

If you’ve performed your due diligence regarding fostering a child or young person and understand what your future role will involve, the next step is to find a reliable agency to work with. Through Beacon Fostering, you can enjoy high-quality personalised training, a highly supportive network and caring community, and access to all the resources you could require.

Seasoned foster parents in St Helens

Are you a foster parent with skills and experience seeking a change of agency? We always have openings for quality carers with a proven record in fostering who put the needs of children and young people first. Offering a stress-free onboarding process, we can help you move smoothly from your present agency to fostering with us.

We understand that there are different reasons for fostering agency transfers, but we can supply experienced foster parents with competitive pay rates, seamless support and targeted training.

Why fostering with us in St Helens makes good sense

When you require experts on fostering in St Helens, our staff are second-to-none. We deliver up-to-date training that is perfectly tailored to the children or young people you are providing a new home for. Consequently, you’ll always feel confident in your role and ready for the unique challenge it holds.

We fiercely feel that foster parents need excellent financial support to look after children properly, and supply our carers with prompt payments at competitive rates. The average income that fostering families can access through us is higher than the recommended state allowance, and some of our foster parents have the opportunity to earn more.

Our agency focus is always on the wellbeing of our foster families and the young people they invite into their lives, homes and hearts, so we specialise in creating well-matched placements made to last.

We understand better than many that being a foster parent is a full-time position that doesn’t allow for days off. As a result, we meet our St Helens foster families with the same support. When working with us, you’ll have full support 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you need advice, an issue arises, or you could simply use a sympathetic ear, you’ll find it with us.

Join our family at Beacon Fostering

You could be investigating welcoming a young person into your family, have read about fostering and know it’s right for you, or require a new foster agency. Wherever you find yourself in fostering, you can find expertise, understanding, training and support with us. Reach out to us today at Beacon Fostering to find out more, and join our growing network of successful foster parents in St Helens.