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
It could be a day, a week, a month, a year, or until the child reaches the age of 18 when care orders lapse or when the care plan dictates. The longer answer is that foster carers are compassionate, loving people who value children and young people and who are willing to do the best that they can to provide a home and the type of caring that opens up the possibilities for a positive future for the child.
In the old days, typically the local authority maintained its own roster of foster carers. Some still do while others outsource foster care to a fostering agency such as Capstone Foster Care. Some local authorities use both their own foster carers and private agencies. In this division of duties, the fostering agency recruits, assesses, and trains foster carers. Because fostering is Capstone’s only mandate, we are able to provide the best resources and training because we work with a wide range of foster carers.
Through the process of application and assessment to the final approval, those who are about to become foster carers are able to learn about all the benefits and challenges of being a foster parent and become aware of the support that is available. You will learn your natural abilities to communicate, listen, and work as part of a team.
You will be a full-time carer for the foster child and be involved with his or her education, extracurricular activities such as sports, health care, and socialisation. You will feed, clothe, and provide shelter for the foster child and you will provide love, caring, understanding, and a safe and secure place to live. If the child has special needs, you will have the full support of Capstone in acquiring the skills and tools that you need to assist the child.
You will cooperate with the team of experts who are involved in the child’s life. This includes Capstone’s social workers, educators, coaches, friends, parents of the child’s friends, and health care professionals. There is paperwork involved and you will have to keep on top of it, preparing reports, and paying attention to things such as taxes. As a foster carer, you are a self-employed worker.
Whether you choose to look after children for a short or long-term foster care arrangement, you will be meeting new children and young people with their own unique stories and their own set of concerns and life experiences. They may have been suddenly taken out of their habitual lifestyle with their family and friends due to a sudden tragedy or disruptive emergency in their lives. Some looked after children are in foster care from birth until they age out. Some children exhibit difficult behaviour. Some have learning disabilities.
If you wish to have more information about the types of foster care needed, contact Capstone Foster Care. We have a need for families who are willing to help children have the lives they deserve.
Capstone Foster Care can be contacted on 0800 012 4004 or simply click here.
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.
