Fostering in Edinburgh
Interested in fostering in Edinburgh?
Do you live in Edinburgh or the surrounding areas? Are you interested in fostering? You could make an incredible difference to a child’s life by fostering in Edinburgh.
Foster carers do amazing work every day with children that are unable to live with their own families. Across Scotland over 7,000 children need a safe and stable home with a fostering family who can look after them for as long as they need it.
We need foster parents from a wide range of backgrounds, both couple’s and single foster parents – from any ethnicity, age or sexual orientation to help with the growing need to provide children with a caring and loving foster home.
If you are interested in fostering a child within the Edinburgh area, get in touch with our friendly fostering services team today.
100%
Foster parent satisfaction
Very Good
Care Inspectorate rating
9/10
Foster parents would recommend
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Benefits of working with Fostering People
Allowances
Foster care is a great direction to take in your life. Our foster parents see it as a rewarding role that allows them to help young people develop and grow while earning a generous allowance.
Support
Providing excellent support to our foster parents is what Fostering People is all about. Our support has an outstanding reputation and is highly accredited.
Training
Fostering People provide you with excellent training both to help you prepare to foster as well as ongoing training to support your ongoing development.
How to become a foster parent with Fostering People Edinburgh?
Fostering a child is an extremely rewarding experience. As a foster parent, you will care for a young people and provide them with a stable, caring, safe family home for as long as they need it.
Our friendly Edinburgh team is here to help you decide if fostering is right for you and we’re on hand to offer any advice and guidance you may need. The journey to becoming a foster parent can take 4 – 6 months.
To become a foster parent, you’ll need to have:
- A spare room for the foster child to make their own
- A good sense of humor
- A clean and safe home
- Access to transport
- A good network of people to encourage and support you
24/7 Fostering Support in Edinburgh
We understand to succeed as a foster parent, you need the very best support.
That’s why when you become a foster parent with us, you’ll receive:
A generous fostering allowance
Initial and continuing training and development opportunities.
Regular visits from a dedicated and experience social worker
Rated as Very Good by the Care Inspectorate
Locally-based support groups
Fun social activities
Edinburgh Fostering Allowance & Benefits
Our commitment to working in local communities isn’t just limited to providing excellent support. We also offer our foster parents one of the best financial packages available.
Try our financial calculator to see how much your fostering allowance could be.
Thanks to generous tax relief from HM Revenue & Customs, foster carers pay very little (if any) tax and National Insurance. As a FosterTalk member, you’ll have access to free tax advice and support.
Why join the Fostering People Edinburgh team?
When you foster with us, you’ll be part of a local community of support. Our staff live within the communities we support and you’ll have receive our highly rated 24/7 support.
You’ll feel part of our Edinburgh team from the minute you become a foster parent with us.
Fostering People Edinburgh offer:
- Monthly support groups and forums
- Family events
- Extensive training programme
Fostering People is an independent fostering agency. This means we work closely with local authorities to find suitable foster families for children and young people.
If you’ve got questions about fostering in Edinburgh or you are ready to start your fostering journey with us. Fill out the form and we’ll get in touch with you shortly.
Alternatively, you can call us on 01382 787480.
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Whether you’re ready to start your journey or just want to chat to an expert, we’re here to talk.
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Care Inspectorate Report
Duty of Candour Report
Statement of Purpose
Steps to Foster Guide
As an independent agency, we provide:
A generous fostering allowance.
Initial and continuous training and development opportunities.
Regular visits from an experience and dedicated social worker.
I have been a qualified social worker for over 20 years and I have always worked with children, young people and foster carers. I began working with Fostering People in 2012, at that time we were just a new organisation with no foster carers, staff or even an office! I am really delighted with what we have achieved over the years and how we have been able to grow and develop the service. We now have a really experienced and hardworking staff team and many wonderful and committed fostering families providing outstanding care to children and young people. I feel very privileged to work with such amazing dedicated people!
Meet the team
Cassie Yeaman
Registered Manager
Amber Mann
Keep the Promise Change Officer
Debbie Lane
Education, Administration and Recruitment Manager
Paula Moore
Senior Supervising Social Worker
Marie Morrison
Supervising Social Worker
Freya Cummings
Apprentice Administrator
Amey Dalton
Senior Supervising Social Worker
Charlie Dudum
Senior Supervising Social Worker
Nicky Bruce
Senior Supervising Social Worker
Abbie Glennie
Administrator
“Fostering People have been so supportive, the training they provide has been really interesting and every time you pick up the phone there is always someone there, the support has been amazing”.
Take your first step to becoming a foster parent today
If you’re interested in becoming a foster parent and would like to learn more, then we’d love to hear from you.
Simply fill in the form below and one of our friendly team will be in touch.
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