Types of Foster Carer - Social Care Workers Fostering
Social Care Workers as Foster Carers
The Fostering Foundation has been supporting Foster Carers for over twenty years and in that time we have found that people with a social care work or care home background make excellent Foster Carers
Using Care Skills & Experience in Fostering
Fostering is not always easy and sometimes can be quite challenging. We have found that the skills and experience that people learn in the care sector often stand them in good stead for the challenges that fostering can through up.
Benefits of being a Foster Carer
Foster Caring is career path for many people. You get to work from home, enjoy financial benefits, experience a whole new range of activities and know you are making a difference to the lives of young people.
Foster Carers Videos
Bristol foster carer Lisa tells us how her background of working in social care and college teaching have helped her with fostering.
Debbie in West Devon tells us all about how she left a full time job in social care and teaching to be a foster carer in Devon with The Fostering Foundation. She tells us about the assessment process and how long it took to get her first foster placement.
