We’re often asked how a looked after child is matched with a foster family and what input you have with deciding placements as a foster carer.
Take a look at our guide to how the matching process happens.
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“I would love to foster but I am probably too old”. We hear these words frequently and there are a lot of common misconceptions about fostering. One of them is that there's a cut-off age for foster carers.
Hear first-hand from our Rotherham carers who came to fostering later in life and have never looked back.
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After you’ve had your information call or visit with one of our fostering advisers, your next step will be to have a follow up visit. Unlike your initial chat with our fostering adviser, follow up visits take place face-to-face in your home. We’ve put together this useful guide to help you understand what to expect from your visit.
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Fostering Rotherham is here to help you all year round, including Christmastime when we offer additional allowances to help with extra expenses. With peer support groups and access to discounted activities across South Yorkshire and the UK, our foster carers can make the season magical whatever their budget. We’ve put together this guide to having a simply wonderful Christmastime.
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You’ve had your information call and completed your follow up visit. You’re now ready to move into the assessment process - but what does that involve?
We’ve answered some of the most common questions we hear from potential foster carers as they step forward to help Rotherham’s looked after children.
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Fostering Rotherham would love to be able to keep more sibling groups together, because we know what a massive difference having a brother or sister alongside a child to hold their hand makes. To do that, we need more foster carers with the space in their hearts and homes for sibling groups.
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We recognise the vital support of the LGBT+ fostering community and would love to hear from you if you’re considering starting your journey as a foster carer.
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Our fostering information calls are a great opportunity for you to find out how foster care could work for you. We want to make sure that you are get the most out of your call, so we’ve created this useful guide.
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Our Free Online Fostering Information Events are a great opportunity for you to learn more about fostering from the comfort of your own home. You can join the session on either your laptop, mobile or tablet. We want to make sure that you are able to successfully access the event and make the most out of the virtual experience, so we have created this useful guide.
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Carers Week this year is 8-14 June, the annual campaign to celebrate, thank and raise awareness for the hard work carers of all kinds do.
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World Book Day seems to get bigger and better each year with children celebrating literature by dressing up as their favourite characters and participating in events all over the globe. We believe that books are an amazing way to develop imagination in young people and as they grow up, many children will relate to characters they read about. Read on for a list of children’s books we think represent diversity in families and cultures.
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Here at Fostering Rotherham, we are incredibly fortunate to be able to offer all our foster carers and children in care the services of our wonderful in-house Therapeutic Team. Read on to find out about the fantastic support and guidance that our Therapeutic Team have to offer…
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This year Children’s Mental Health Week takes place between the 3rd and 9th of February. Set up by children’s mental health charity Place2Be, the week highlights the importance of children’s and young people’s mental health. This year’s theme is “Find your Brave”.
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Our very own Rotherham foster carer Christine Lunn, 74, from North Anston, has received an MBE from The Duke of Cambridge for her services to fostering.
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