Fostering a disabled child
The role of an independent fostering agency
Can I choose who I foster?
How to foster
What are the benefits of fostering with an independent fostering agency?
What happens when a child is taken into care?
Fostering process: what happens on an initial home visit?
Can you foster if you have mental health issues?
Fostering with local authority vs independent agency
Interview: Life as a foster parent during the pandemic
Becoming A Foster Carer
Benefits of becoming a foster parent
What is a Care Leaver?
What is a Foster Carer?
What is Foster Care?
Do I become a Foster Carer?
Fostering Regulations
How much do Foster Parents get paid?
How to Foster a Child
How long does it take to become a Foster Carer?
How to foster – everything you ever wanted to know
Facts about Foster Care
What are the Foster Care requirements?
Foster Care Handbook
Foster Carer Job Description
Changing IFA - Transferring to Capstone
Fostering Definition
Foster Care Statistics
Fostering Assessment
Fostering Outcomes
Fostering Stories
Fostering Children UK
Children needing Fostering
8 reasons why a child may be taken into care
Fostering as a Career
Looked after Children
Top transferable job skills to become a foster carer
Fostering as a same sex couple
Fostering while renting
Can I foster if...?
Mythbusting the top 10 Foster Care Myths
Can I foster if I am disabled?
LGBT Fostering Mythbusting
Can I foster if I have pets?
Can I Foster A Child?
Can you Foster and Work?
Can you Foster with a Criminal Record
Fostering as a Single Parent
LGBT Family and Foster Care
Fostering across Cultures
Muslim Fostering
Christian Foster Care
Sikh
Empty Nest Syndrome and Foster Care
10 things you can do when your Children fly the nest
Can I Foster?
Fostering Babies - Myths
Focusing on Parent & Child Fostering
Fostering Siblings
Fostering Teenagers
Fostering Teenagers - Breaking down the Myths
Fostering Unaccompanied and Asylum Seeking Children
Mother and Baby Foster Placements
Private Fostering
Therapeutic Fostering - Multi-disciplinary Assessment Treatment & Therapy Service (MATTS)
Young Children Fostering Placements
Difference between short and long-term fostering
How to prepare a child for becoming a care leaver
Children who foster: impact of fostering on birth children
How to prepare your home for a foster child
10 tips for foster children’s education
How to prepare your foster child for secondary school
Tips for coping when foster placements end
Tips for foster parents during Coronavirus
What happens if foster parents get divorced?
5 ways to manage Mother’s Day with foster children
Tips for managing foster children’s bedtime routines
How to handle foster child bullying
Fostering allowances and the gender pay gap
Tips for keeping foster children safe online
How to adopt from Foster Care
5 ways to manage Father’s Day with foster children
8 most common fostering challenges
Supporting foster children’s contact with birth families
How to deal with empty nest syndrome
How to recognise signs of depression in foster children
Can you take a foster child on holiday?
Tips and advice on fostering with a disability
10 tips on connecting with your Foster Child
Fostering versus Adoption - What's the difference?
How Fostering can change a future
How to adopt from Foster Care
How to encourage children to read in Foster Care
How to prepare a Foster Child's bedroom
Online grooming - unwanted contact and how to identify it
Reading and storytelling with Babies and young Children
Supporting Children's Learning
Technology and Internet Safety advice
The 20 most recommended books Foster Carers and young people should read
The impact of early childhood traumas on adolescence and adulthood
Tips for coping with attachment disorders in Foster Children
Tips for supporting reunification in Foster Care
Together for a better Internet - Web Safety for Foster Children
What is sexual abuse and sexual violence
Foster Child behaviour management strategies
Foster Parent Advice: What to expect in your first year of fostering
Capstone's twelve tips at Christmas
10 celebrities who grew up in Foster Care
Celebrating our Children and Young People
Could Millenials be the solution to the Foster Care crisis?
Do you work in Emergency Services?
Form F Assessor and Assessment Training
Foster Care Fortnight
Improving Children's Welfare - Celebrating Universal Children's Day
It's time to talk about Mental Health and Foster Care
New Year - New Career - Become a Foster Carer
Promoting the rights and wellbeing of persons with Disabilities
Refugee Week
Young people and Mental Health in a changing world
Young People Charities
Becoming a foster parent is one of the most satisfying and rewarding things you can do.
Yes – you can foster as a single parent. The main requirements for fostering are that you are in good health, your home has a spare room for a child or young person, and that you can pass a thorough DBS check.
Because you are considering being a foster carer, chances are good that you have a patient, caring, and compassionate personality. Being a single foster parent calls for these traits in abundance. Of course, fostering as a single parent can take a little extra energy because you don’t have a partner to talk it all over with – but, as there is a wealth of support around you, that can be alleviated somewhat because you are part of a strong network of likeminded carers.
During the application process, you work with a social worker and attend training sessions and meet other foster carers and people also applying to be carers. This is where your network begins. As part of the Capstone community, you are never alone when it comes to the inevitable moments of concern that are part and parcel of parenting. Capstone’s support for foster carers is comprehensive. Fill in the below form to enquire about becoming a single foster parent today.
Fostering as a single parent is a way to build a new and fulfilling career, caring for children who need you and your skills, abilities, and love. A single person can become a foster parent and it is important to emphasise that you can be a single woman foster parent or you can be male – being a foster parent is not a gender-specific role.
There is an expectation that the foster parent will be available 24/7, however this is not always the case. Being a single foster parent doesn’t have to mean you’re always with the children – the child (depending on age) will be in school during the day, meaning that the foster parent has this time free to work outside the home. The reality is that there are meetings with teachers, the agency’s social worker, and other professionals about the child’s education, health, and social adjustment. This makes it difficult, if not impossible, for a single foster parent to have a job outside the home.
Finances are often a concern for a single parent who may have to leave the house to work. Foster care payments take away some of those financial pressures. The foster care allowances cover the cost of housing, clothing, and feeding as well as incidental expenses. There are additional payments for special needs and requirements.
As a carer, you may have preferences as to the type of placements you get. Some prefer short term or emergency placements while others prefer a long term placement. It happens that a short term placement can become a long term placement. There is no way to guarantee the length of a placement because each child’s situation differs.
Single parent foster carers who focus on providing respite care have a more certain situation because the respite care is planned in advance with the parents, foster or not, who need the respite. It is also important to mention that the most common placements are older children (age 10 to 18). The majority of kids in care fall into this age group.
Thinking of fostering as a single parent? Don’t let not being a two-parent family stop you from taking that first step. There are children and young people out there who need you to help them live a safe and happy life. Contact Capstone Foster Care for more information on 0800 012 4004.
If you’ve got any questions or would like to find out more about fostering with Capstone, fill out the form below.
An experienced fostering advisor from your local area will then be in touch.
Start the conversation today. Our team of friendly advisors are on hand to answer any foster care questions you may have. We can offer you honest and practical advice that can help you decide if becoming a foster carer is the right path for you.
