Becoming a Foster Carer

Being a foster carer is something that can make a huge positive difference to a child’s life. If you are interested in becoming a foster carer yourself, you should spend some time thinking about it and finding out more about what fostering will involve and whether you are well suited to it, as well as what is required from you as a foster carer.

A foster carer looks after children who can no longer live with their families for whatever reason. This can be on a short-term basis, or it may be longer term, depending on the situation they have with their family and what is required to give them safety and stability. Unlike adoption, a child may return to their family at some point. Children that are in foster care can be any age from babies all the way through to teenagers.

Common misconceptions about being a foster carer include things like you need to be married or you need to have, or have had children of your own in order to foster. However, neither of these are true – as long as you are over 21 and have a spare bedroom that you can give to a child, if it is something that you are interested in, you can contact an agency like this foster care Barry based agency https://saferfostering.org.uk/foster-care-wales/barry/

Before you are approved as a foster carer, you will go through an assessment process. Background checks will be done on you, and you will have some home visits where you will be able to talk more about it. You will also have training which will equip you to deal with some of the challenges that come with fostering.