Fostered children Children of all ages (0-18 years of age) and from various cultural and social backgrounds need to be placed in foster care for many different reasons. Children's circumstances will vary dependent on their individual needs and family background. Whatever the circumstances all of the children will be separated from their parents and will need foster carers to help them at a difficult time...
Fostering children who have been sexually abused It is of paramount importance to choose the right fostering agency, there are over seven hundred in the UK. Simply Fostering, the UK national foster carer recruitment website provides help by answering questions and identifying the most suitable local fostering agencies with vacancies...
The best foster care recruiters? There is a minimum shortage of 5,000 foster carers in the UK today and in order to keep the fostering service buoyant, that figure needs to be doubled. Fostering is about caring for a child in your own home. For a whole variety of reasons there are around 39,000 children (in England) who are placed with foster carers by Social Services...
Annette has fostered eleven children Deciding to be a foster carer seven years ago turned out to be more work than I expected but on the other hand, the most rewarding thing I have done other than get married and have my own children. Fostering is for the children and I do it for the right reasons, to keep them safe for themselves and their families...
FOSTERING PROVIDERS – WORKING TOGETHER The problem - The chronic shortage of foster carers in the UK. There are many thousands of unsuccessful enquiries made to the 800 UK Fostering Providers annually. Simply Fostering estimate that 60% of people who express an interest in fostering, are not taken to the next stage because they do not meet the requirements of the Provider they have contacted...
