Foster4 – Foster carer recruitment service

For children.
For carers.
For support.

Become a registered foster carer with your Local Authority. We aim to have you approved within 4 months.

Are you already a foster carer?

Learn about transferring to Foster4

Interested in becoming a foster carer?

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The Process

The 7 step process to fostering; a flexible, home- based career.

1

Enquiry

You contact us via the telephone, our web form or by meeting us face to face at an event. We’ll take some basic details from you...

2

Initial Assessment

Once we’ve received your Expression of Interest form, we’ll do some initial checks and one of our social workers will give you a...

3

Application

Before the course begins, the fostering team will send an Application Form out to you, either in the post or via email. You complete...

4

Skills to Foster

Skills to Foster is the 3-day pre-approval training course. It’s a standard course that all foster carers in the UK undertake...

5

Assessment

Once you’ve completed Skills to Foster, you will be allocated an assessing social worker and your formal assessment will begin...

6

Approval

Once your assessment report is completed, you’ll be sent a draft for you to add to/ amend any details that may need tweaking etc...

7

Fostering

Congratulations! Welcome to the fostering family. Your supervising social worker will come out and visit you to do your...

Meet our Carers

View our case studies to find out more about our carers.

Upcoming Events

22 January

Halton
10am – Halton Stadium, Widnes WA8 7DZ

24 January

Warrington
6pm – Orford Jubilee Neighbourhood Hub WA2 8HE

31 January

Cheshire East
10am – Macclesfield Leisure Centre, Priory Lane, SK10 4AF

31 January

Cheshire West & Chester
10am – Technology Centre, Ellesmere Port CH65 3EN

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What’s New?

Meet Our Carers: Margaret and Rory

Life as a foster carer can be something of a rollercoaster, admits Margaret. There are highs and lows, but every now and again a moment...

19 Dec 2018 | Meet Our Carers

Meet Our Carers: Anne

Over two decades, Anne has fostered more than 40 children from across Cheshire. Her motivation from the start was quite simple - to give children...

19 Dec 2018 | Meet Our Carers

Meet Our Carers: Karen and Robert

Being a large family does tend to attract attention, says foster carer Karen, but over time you learn to see the funny side. Karen and...

19 Dec 2018 | Meet Our Carers

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For children. For carers. For support.

Are you already a foster carer?

Interested in becoming a foster carer?

The Process

Enquiry

Initial Assessment

Application

Skills to Foster

Assessment

Approval

Fostering

Meet our Carers

Upcoming Events

What’s New?

Meet Our Carers: Margaret and Rory

Meet Our Carers: Anne

Meet Our Carers: Karen and Robert

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