A Fostering Journey 96

There are many types of foster care. The application process is the same for all types. Long term is where you foster children who cannot go back to their birth family but do not want to be adopted. Usually, you’ll be their foster parent until they’re an adult. Short...

A Fostering Journey 95

We have three placements but no contact or school. It was actually a quiet time and the house had a nice peaceful aura about it. For D we found some football courses at a local football centre which he attended alongside our own children. This left us alone with the...

A Fostering Journey 94

Support is absolutely essential for a Foster Carer regardless of your experience and the amount of young people who have been in your care. Essentially there are three main types of support you can use as a Foster Carer, there is your Supervising Social Worker (SSW),...

A Fostering Journey 93

Young D had settled in well as we knew he would do. Being the holiday period we were trying hard to organise activities for D, out own 2 boys and the babies. We were lucky that we had quite a few local amenities so the three boys were pretty easily sorted. We had them...

A Fostering Journey 92

We received a call from the placement team asking if we could take a respite placement for a couple of weeks over the summer holidays. This is a young man, D, who we have looked after before on a respite. He is 12 and a really lovely lad who always fits into our...
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