Foster care training
There is currently a shortage of 4,200 foster parents in the UK and we are working with Hillcrest Fostercare to fill this gap and provide children with safe and caring homes.
- Foster care training
For every child fostered you receive around £24,000 per annum along with free training and 24/7 support from a Social Worker, ensuring that you are well-equipped and prepared for the journey ahead. The Trainee Foster Care Programme is the first of it’s kind in the UK, and is designed to help those interested in fostering every step of the way – from initial meeting through to placement.
The difference fostering makes
Fostering provides a safe, secure and nurturing family environment, either short or long-term, and allows children to keep in contact with their own families if they wish.
How is fostering different to adoption?
Fostering is usually a temporary way of offering children a home until they can return to their own families. However, when a child cannot return home, decisions have to be made to find a permanent family for the child. Children and young people in foster care continue to be a legal part of their own family, even if they have only a limited amount of contact with them. Some children will be adopted, and this makes them legally part of a new family.
What will the children be like?
Children and young people are in care for a very wide variety of reasons and are cared for by foster carers that have the relevant skills and experiences to meet their needs. As a foster carer you and your fostering service will identify the type of fostercare that you would specialise in and that suits you, your family and your lifestyle. More foster carers are needed to ensure that the right home is available when a child or young person needs it. Foster carers play a crucial role and will help children come to terms with their experiences and prepare them to return to their family or move to an alternative permanent home. A Foster Carer is not the same as being a parent, however, you will need to make the same commitment in giving a child the best possible start in life.
For more information on fostering and training to be a foster carer please browse through the fostercare section of this site at your leisure or for more details please call us on 0207 556 9361 or email us at tfc@trainingsynergy.com.