Well, could you foster?
It might sound like a huge ask but there are around 50,000 foster carers in the UK looking after 60,000 children. It's not all full time as many do weekend respite, some do specialist support for children with disabilities and many combine it with a day job in the household. Fostering services will work as closely as possible to help you fit this role around your life and that of existing family members. See the full deal from Central Beds at fostering for Central beds or call 0300 300 8181
short term foster care for children who are unable to be with their own families.
We asked Chloe what it was like to be a Foster Carer in Central Bedfordshire, and also what their friends thought about about them choosing to take on this incredible role.
How long have you been fostering?
We have been a fostering family for nearly two years, and hope to
be for many more years to come.
Why did you choose to become foster carers?
We felt we could help children and babies from difficult circumstances. We wanted to give them a warm and loving family environment, and give them the right positive attitude and value towards their future.
What’s the best thing about being a foster carer?
Watching the child become more confident. Also the positive impact it has had on our own children who are 3 and 5 years old. They understand our role and have flourished from having a foster brother or sister.
What is the biggest challenge?
The most challenging thing is settling the foster child into their new fostering family, and of course the letting go aspect at the end is very difficult too. We try to reflect on this with all the great achievements we have made with the child. Working with birth families can be challenging but also very, very rewarding.
It might sound like a huge ask but there are around 50,000 foster carers in the UK looking after 60,000 children. It's not all full time as many do weekend respite, some do specialist support for children with disabilities and many combine it with a day job in the household. Fostering services will work as closely as possible to help you fit this role around your life and that of existing family members. See the full deal from Central Beds at fostering for Central beds or call 0300 300 8181
Ordinary people wanted for extraordinary role…
A message from the Adoption and Fostering Team at Central Bedfordshire Council…
‘Chloe and Daniel are in their mid twenties. They have their own young family, yet made the exceptional decision to provideshort term foster care for children who are unable to be with their own families.
We asked Chloe what it was like to be a Foster Carer in Central Bedfordshire, and also what their friends thought about about them choosing to take on this incredible role.How long have you been fostering?
We have been a fostering family for nearly two years, and hope to
be for many more years to come.
Why did you choose to become foster carers?
We felt we could help children and babies from difficult circumstances. We wanted to give them a warm and loving family environment, and give them the right positive attitude and value towards their future.
What’s the best thing about being a foster carer?
Watching the child become more confident. Also the positive impact it has had on our own children who are 3 and 5 years old. They understand our role and have flourished from having a foster brother or sister.
What is the biggest challenge?
The most challenging thing is settling the foster child into their new fostering family, and of course the letting go aspect at the end is very difficult too. We try to reflect on this with all the great achievements we have made with the child. Working with birth families can be challenging but also very, very rewarding.
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