Fostering

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Can you make a difference to a child's life?

Fostering provides support for children and young people who cannot currently live with their own families.

It comes in many forms, from long term placements to short emergency stays. Your loving home gives children the stability they need to become the person they want to be.

Fostering is a challenging, but rewarding, experience. You'll be fully trained, supported, and receive a competitive financial package.

Our mission is to place children with Herefordshire families that best reflect their background and culture and are near to their own families, schools and communities. We need people like you to become foster carers and help to create good futures for Herefordshire’s children in care.

Providing short breaks for children with disabilities
Support a 16+ care-experiences young adult and teaching them life skills, such as cooking, laundry and budgeting
Therapeutic foster caring for children with complex challenges and behaviours
Offering a home to an unaccompanied asylum seeking child
Long or short-term fostering of young people up to age 18
Parent and child fostering to assist new parents
Fostering sibling groups to keep families together
Short-term respite fostering to assist other carers

You can, if

You're over 21 (there's no upper age limit)
You have some experience of children and / or young people
You're single, married or living with a partner of either gender
You have a healthy lifestyle
You have the drive to make a difference
You're willing to train and develop as a foster carer

As a Herefordshire Council foster carer, you'll

Improve the lives of Herefordshire's young people everyday
Receive comprehensive local training and 24 hour support
Get an excellent allowance to cover all costs
Be assigned your own dedicated social worker for support
Have respite breaks to safeguard your wellbeing

To find out more about fostering in Herefordshire, take a look at Herefordshire Council's website or contact the Fostering Team on 01432 383240 or fostering@herefordshire.gov.uk.