Parent & Child Fostering
At FSG we also specialise in parent and child fostering.
Not everyone grows up in a loving and nurturing environment to know what it means to provide good parenting for their child. Many are faced with challenges on how to parent their child, and that is where parent and child fostering comes in.
Essentially, parent and child fostering is supporting parents to have their children remain in their care. A mother, father or both come into care with their babies or toddlers to receive guidance and life skills such as cooking, providing stimulation and providing a routine for their child. A parent and child foster placement offers a parent the opportunity to learn these valuable life skills in a home environment.
What is entailed?
Parent and child fostering is different to other types of fostering because the parent is responsible to care for their child, the role of the foster carer is to provide guidance and support to help the parent care for their child effectively.
With specialist training from the Fostering Support Group (FSG), our foster carers share their skills with young parents who have different difficulties.
Can you foster?
Our foster carers come from different backgrounds and experiences. Working with FSG is like one big happy family where you are provided with 24/hour support, guidance and training.
Foster carers can be employed or unemployed (even if you are on benefits), single or married, have children or not, homeowners or renting, from a faith background or not. We want to hear from you.
FSG offer a competitive fostering allowance with robust 24-hour support from a dedicated supervising social worker, ongoing training and encouragement. Working from home as a foster carer has never been so rewarding.
Get in touch with us to discuss your individual circumstance and to learn how you can foster.
Frequently Asked Questions
Foster carers should be able to transfer freely between agencies or local authorities. If you have no children in placement and wish to transfer to Fostering Support Group you can resign from you’re the agency you are approved by at any point and make an application to Fostering Support Group. It is usual however to inform the agency you are approved by about your intention to be assessed by another agency and submit your resignation once your assessment has gone to Panel and immediately following approval being agreed, as you are unable to be registered for two fostering agencies at one time.
If you’re thinking about transferring to Fostering Support Group get in touch and we will arrange to visit you and have an informal chat. Throughout the transfer process, we will work closely with you and your family, your existing agency and the local authority to make sure everyone understands what will happen and that any children or young people placed with you are fully supported too.
To ensure all transfers are fair and safe we follow the Transfer of Foster Carers Protocol 2014 set by The Fostering Network.
View a copy of the protocol
View principles governing transfer foster carers
At Fostering Support Group we believe it is imperative that we provide the best service possible to our children, our carers and the local authorities who place children with us. As a result we complete a full assessment on all foster carers transferring to us. The assessment process helps us learn all about you and your family, what experiences both happy and challenging you have had and how they have shaped you to become the people you are today, what skills and abilities you have, what your vulnerabilities are etc. so that we can determine what child would be best placed with you. Matching is so important to us that we want to be sure that any placement we make with you will be right for you and your family but most of all for that child. We need to know you really well in order to make the right match.
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We hope you find our Fostering Guide useful and that it informs and answers any questions you might have
Contact Us Today
Speak to our friendly and knowledgeable team for more information on how to transfer to Fostering Support Group. Simply complete the form or give us a call and we’ll be in touch.
