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If you're interested in fostering, call us on 01603 306649 or use our online form

If you're already a foster carer, we would love to hear from you

Types of fostering

All children are different and each child in care will have unique circumstances and needs. Because of this, there are different types of foster care placements.

Your social worker will work with you to help you choose which types of placement would be most suitable for you and your family.

Providing care for a child or young person for a short time or on a more permanent basis

Supporting a child or young person who is moving into foster care from a residential care unit

Providing foster care to vulnerable parents and their young children

Supporting foster families, adoption families or birth parents by providing short term foster care for a child or young person

Supporting a child or young person with disabilities and their family by providing short term foster care

Fostering a child or young person you already have an established, positive relationship with

Giving a home to children or young people when they need to be kept safe urgently

Providing urgent foster care for a child or young person at the request of the police

Working paid shifts as a foster carer in one of our residential care hubs

When a young person who has been living in foster care continues to live in the foster home after that age of 18

Why children might need foster care and the type of support different children will need