Fostering
Foster care is a way of providing care for children, in a family setting, who cannot live with their own families. Children can be cared for by a foster family for weeks, months or for the rest of their childhood depending on their circumstances.
Children who need foster care are aged 0-16 and come into care for a wide variety of reasons. Sometimes the problems at home can be sorted quickly. For others, it can take a few months or even years for parents to get back on their feet. Occasionally, the difficulties are so serious that a decision is reached that a child cannot return home. If this happens the child may sometimes remain with their foster carers (although this should not be assumed) or move to permanent foster carers or adopters.
We have a brand new fostering information pack that will give you further information on the fostering process. Please follow the link to the right if you would like someone from the fostering team to contact you to discuss fostering in more detail.