Services

Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care

Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents

• Who can foster

  Being a foster parent means caring for a child as part of your family. To…

• Types of foster care

  There are many types of foster care. The application process is the same…

• Help with the cost of fostering

  All foster parents receive a foster care allowance to cover the cost of…

• Applying to become a foster parent

  The process starts when you apply to become a foster parent and finishes…

• Your fostering assessment

  Before you can foster a child you must pass an assessment by a social…

• After you've applied

  The fostering service will contact you to tell you the result of your…

Apply to foster a child through the social services department of your local council

Form for foster carers to prove they meet the required training, support and development (TSD) standards.

• From: Department for Education

Guidance and a suggested template for local authorities and independent fostering agencies to use when sending fostering data to Ofsted.

• From: Ofsted

Form for family and friends foster carers to fill in to prove that they meet the training, support and development standards.

• From: Department for Education

Form for short break carers to fill in to prove that they meet the training, support and development standards for foster carers.

• From: Department for Education