What helps you decide? When I first became a foster carer with Fostering UK, I really thought that I would only want to care for children short term, probably because I am a bit older, and my children had grown up. My assessing social worker talked me through the...
Foster carers make up a vital part of the care system and without them, lots of children and young people wouldn’t have a safe and secure place to stay. As you may know, children enter the care system when they’re unable to live with their birth parents or family...
There are lots of vulnerable children in the care system who need a place to stay whilst more permanent arrangements can be made for them and foster carers provide them with a safe home for however long they may need it. It goes without saying that becoming a foster...
I never realised how important happiness at work was until I became a foster carer. Although I would not really class my role as a foster carer as ‘work’, because it is so much more than that. Many of my friends talk about how finding satisfaction and happiness in...
Although the fostering community here in the UK is huge and there are tens of thousands of children currently living with a foster parent, there is still a major shortage of foster carers. The demand for foster homes is continually increasing and the care system needs...
There are so many advantages to becoming a foster carer and when you welcome a disadvantaged child or young person into your home, you will have such a significant impact on their life. Being a foster carer is incredibly rewarding and if you have a spare bedroom, it...
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