Fostering Service Statement of Purpose

The Fostering Service is provided by staff from the Family Placement Team, which is part of the Children's Care and Complex Needs service area within Children's Social Care. The team offers a fostering service as well as having responsibility for recruiting and assessing supported lodgings providers.

The Family Placement Team is made up of three specialist teams. The Recruitment and Assessment Team is responsible for the recruitment, assessment, training and approval of mainstream and connected foster carers and supported lodgings providers. There are two teams for the supervision and support of approved foster carers - the Post Approval Mainstream Foster Care Team and Post Approval Connected Foster Care Teams. Although each team focuses on their particular area of expertise, the three teams work closely together to ensure there is a cohesive, flexible and seamless approach to the assessment, supervision and support of our fostering and supported lodgings provider community.