How About a Satisfying career as a foster carer?

•  Are you someone who realises how vital a foster carer can be to a child in need?
•  Looking for a satisfying childcare career while working at home?
•  You can work at home maybe after redundancy or early retirement
•  No children at home or have you got room for another?
•  Do you just like having children around to make your house a home?
•  Want to give something back to the community?

Can You provide a safe and stable family setting?

You can make a difference by helping a child develop and succeed while they are unable to live with their own family
Check out what fostering involves and you decide whether you are right for fostering
Do you like spending time with children and have genuine interest in meeting children's needs and promoting their welfare?
Do you have the qualities needed to look after children who cannot live with their parents?
You can come from any walk of life or ethnic background. You may be married or single. Renting or buying your home. See Focused Fostering Disability inclusion

You will find fuller details by Clicking these links:
Focused Fostering Approval Process
Meeting your Foster Child's Needs
Equal Opportunities Policies at Focused Fostering
Support for you from Focused Fostering
Fostering
Specialised Fostering Placements

Do You have the qualities needed to become a Foster Carer?

Call me, Linda Shephard, now on 020 8670 0400 to start the approval process or you can use the website enquiry voucher to get full information on how you can become a Foster Carer

Click for all the details of how you, too, can become a Foster Carer

Focused Fostering Services Ltd

Focused Fostering

112 Orchard Road
Sanderstead
South Croydon
Surrey
CR2 9LQ

Telephone:
020 8670 0400
Learn how the fostering application process is easy to understand and accessible to you

 

Who are the families in need?

Approval Process

We get to know each other well during the process of becoming a foster carer. You will find out all about being part of our fostering team over the 3 or 4 months leading up to approval

Family fostering

You WIll need:

• Spare bedroom available for fostering
• Experience of caring for children *
• Time and ability to provide each child with the care they need
• To attend training to develop confidence and parenting skills

You will enjoy being a reliable team member of Focused Fostering and share a sense of achievement
*Your experience of caring for children may have been gained as a parent, in a work environment or in a voluntary capacity. Although our carers do foster younger children, the greatest demand is for foster carers for older children
Most foster children do take time before responding to the care that you provide
Foster carers need to be available during the day should a child not be at school. Sometimes there will be a meeting to attend.