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Children in Care benefit from a range of support including
foster care, residential care and initiatives to improve their
attainment at school, health, well being and life chances.
Anyone can apply to be a foster carer…you can be single, married or
divorced, gay or straight, have children yourself or not. People
from all walks of life and backgrounds make excellent foster
carers. Everyone brings with them something a little bit different,
which adds to their ability to foster a child or young person and
give them a loving home.
There are various ways in which you can look after children and
young people, one such scheme is supportive lodgings for youngsters
aged 16+, where the young person lives independently, but has a
room in your home. You can be a fulltime foster carer or offer
respite care, where you care for a child for a few days during the
holidays or occasional weekends.
If you want to become a foster carer you will be given full
training and undergo an assessment to make sure you have what it
takes to care for children separated from their own families.
Foster carers now have the opportunity to study for National
Vocational Qualifications (NVQs), as well as receiving ongoing
support and guidance from their own social worker.
There are good financial benefits for being a foster carer in
Telford and Wrekin. Here, we have set fees for foster carers (pay
depends on the age of the child), as well as generous allowances
and extra financial help at birthdays and Christmas.
The other rewards are maybe more significant and important to a
foster carer. Just seeing a child grow into a strong adult with
good life chances and improved self-esteem is the power that drives
you to be, or remain a carer.
To find out how you can help shape the future for a child in
need, call FIL, the Borough of Telford &
Wrekin's Fostering Information
Line on 01952
385888. |