REFER A FOSTER CARER

Do you know someone who would be a brilliant foster carer for Rotherham children? Whether it’s a friend, a relative or someone you work with, we’d like to talk to them.

Rotherham has an amazing community of foster carers but we still need more. By Fostering in Rotherham, you are helping to ensure that our children and young people are being cared for in the place they call home, surrounded by places and faces they know.

Could any of your friends or family welcome a foster child into their home?

If you are an existing foster carer or a member of RMBC staff, you could receive up to £500 for a successful referral.

You’ll be paid £250 if the person is approved as a foster carer and a further £250 when a child is placed with them.

All you have to do is make sure the applicant pops your name in their booking form when they book an information visit with us.

Want to know more about Fostering?

Our Stories

Angel's Story

Angel has been fostering for 6 years and has helped with a number of transitions for both individual children and sibling groups. We spoke to her about helping children in care to move on to adoption.

Michelle's Story - Mockingbird at Christmas

Christmas can feel very different without children around to share the magic. Michelle (54) and her husband Paul (64) have been foster carers for 10 years. Each year they keep the joy of Christmas alive through their work with Fostering Rotherham’s Mockingbird Hub.

Robert & Justine's Story

Robert and Justine became foster carers 6 years ago and love helping local children in Rotherham by fostering for their council. The couple do task-centred foster care, which can range from a one night stay to up to two years while the local authority assesses what is best for the child’s future care.

Amanda & Martin's Story

Amanda and Martin have been foster carers for 10 years, mostly caring for older children and teenagers. They started out fostering with an independent fostering agency before moving to Fostering Rotherham 6 years ago. The couple were pleased with the support they received from Rotherham during the transfer and haven’t looked back since.

Anthony and Joyce's Story

Anthony and Joyce have been foster carers for exactly 26 years until they recently retired. During that time they have fostered and cared for over 198 children needing either emergency placements or respite care. The couple have also fostered 13 children on a long-term basis, each one becoming one of their fostering family.

Kerry & Michael’s Story

Kerry and her partner Michael have been fostering for eight years with Fostering Rotherham. The couple, who both work full-time and have two birth sons aged 11 and 15, are part of the Families Together initiative and provide respite care on a regular basis.

Natalie's Story

Natalie and her husband have been fostering for eight months. In that time they have given respite care twice for one little girl, and have been looking after a little boy since he was born.

Janet & Steve's Story

Janet and her husband, Steve, have been foster carers for over six years and specialise in caring for children with additional needs. For their first two years as foster carers, Janet and Steve provided Second Home foster care (also known as Respite care), to a number of Rotherham families. By providing Second Home Care, Janet and Steve were able to give families much needed breaks; and it also provided a great opportunity for Janet and Steve to discover whether fostering was right for them.

Craig & Dave's Story

Craig and his husband Dave have been foster carers for almost 3 years. In that time they have fostered one child who has lived with them for the duration of their time as foster carers. Having worked in a youth hostel, Craig always knew that working with young people in need would be a big part of his life. Craig explains that their decision to become foster carers was an easy one: “being married and having a spare room, the topic of children inevitably came up, we thought about our options and fostering just seemed ideal. We could provide a family environment and also try to make a difference, not just for ourselves, but for children and their birth families”.

Emma's Story

Emma has been fostering for six years and in that time has looked after 27 children and young people in the Rotherham area, ranging from birth to teenagers, providing emergency care, respite care, and short-term placements.