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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
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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
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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
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Muslim Fostering
Christian Foster Care
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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
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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
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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
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Form F Assessor and Assessment Training
Foster Care Fortnight
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Promoting the rights and wellbeing of persons with Disabilities
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Young people and Mental Health in a changing world
Young People Charities
Ever wondered what jobs would put you in good stead for becoming a foster parent through transferable skills? Luckily, we’ve compiled a handy list. As well as this, we’ve highlighted the skills which are desirable for new foster carers to obtain – giving you more intricate knowledge about what is required of a career in foster care.
If you’re interested in becoming a foster carer, part of the assessment process will require you to provide evidence of having relevant experience. However, contrary to popular belief, this experience doesn’t always have to be childcare specific. In fact, there are many careers which provide opportunities for picking up transferable job skills to become a foster carer.
Of course, childcare related roles would naturally provide you with a level of experience with children. However, regarding transferable skills from other industries, some examples of the types of careers and job roles which can provide transferable job skills to become a foster parent include:
· Nurse
· Teacher
· Teaching assistant
· Police officer
· Prison officer
· Carer
· Caring assistant
· Social worker
· Volunteer for children’s groups
If you have worked in any of these fields, or similar fields and industries to these giving you experience managing/caring for children, you will likely be able to provide evidence of transferrable skills for fostering during your application process.
However, it’s important to note that even if you haven’t had experience in these job sectors, this will not stop you from fostering. There are many attributes and skills that a foster parent must exhibit – but it’s likely you’ll have been able to gain these transferable skills in many other work roles, as well as general life experience.
As well as the basic fostering requirements, if you are thinking of becoming a foster carer, you will also need to demonstrate attributes in terms of your character. Some of the desirable transferable skills fostering assessors look for include:
· Patience
· Teamwork
· Empathy
· Compassion
· Understanding
· Communication
· Cooperation
· Understanding space
The foster career personality requirements are explained in more detail through our guide ‘fostering as a career’ – learn more to find out if you have the foster carer personality.
Once you have applied to become a foster carer, you will have the opportunity to attend the Skills to Foster training course – which, originally developed by the Fostering Network, helps to raise awareness about what is required of a foster carer, allowing you to understand more about the desirable personality skills for the role.
In short, there are many job roles out there that you could be doing which possess highly relevant transferable job skills to become a foster parent. The positive impact these roles can have on your ability to meet the specific needs of vulnerable children should not be ignored – meaning you do not necessarily require ‘childcare’ experience itself to foster.
For more information on foster parent skills required during the assessment process, get in touch with a member of our team now. Alternatively, read up on how to apply to become a foster carer now.
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.
