Foster Parent - Foster Carer

Hours: Full Time

Allowance: £430 – £460 per child, per week (enhanced fees applicable, when caring for children with additional needs)

We are Foster Care Matters, a not-for-profit fostering charity offering a therapeutic approach and we are seeking caring individuals like you to join our family feel agency. We are currently seeking people to join us as prospective foster parents, providing either short-term or long-term foster homes to children, siblings and young people from the ages of 0 – 17 years of age.

Requirements:

You must have be able to provide a child with their own bedroom for fostering
Be at least 25 years of age (there is no upper age limit to foster)
Have time in your life to support a child or young person, including taking them to school, contact and any appointments.
Applicants must have British Citizenship, Indefinite Leave to remain or EU Settled Status.

We provide initial preparation and ongoing training and welcome individuals with varying levels of experience in child care, whether extensive or limited. It maybe you are a parent, childminder, residential worker, have worked with children or maybe provided babysitting for relatives and friends.

We also provide prepare to foster training at the beginning, ongoing training opportunities, a competitive fostering allowance ranging from £430 to £460 per child per week, 24/7 365-day support and guidance from a therapeutic parenting approach, along with additional fostering benefits like birthday, holiday, and festival allowances while looking after a child.

As a foster parent, just like any parent, you will need have the space in your life to foster and your current working arrangements and hours need to be flexible around a child. If you are thinking of working, alongside the role of being a foster parent, you will need to consider how you can manage responsibilities of being a foster parent around any work or caring commitments,  as children in foster care will require a lot of support from you as a foster parent, especially in those first days, weeks, and months of living with you.

Already fostering?

If you are currently fostering but thinking about moving to Foster Care Matters, we are delighted to talk about your circumstances and guide you through the transfer process.