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Fostering Benefits

Fostering is highly specialised because it entails looking after someone else's child for a specific period of time, or in some cases, until the child reaches independence.

Free Initial Training Course

We run a training course throughout the year specifically geared to people who are considering fostering.
They are free and are held in the evenings to allow people who work to attend. If you would like to be considered for our next available training course, please contact us.

Fostering For Us

Fostering is highly specialised because it entails looking after someone else's child for a specific period of time, or in some cases, until the child reaches independence.

At Jay Fostering we recruit foster carers who are able to meet the needs of a wide range of children and young people who require the stability of a warm caring home.

The reasons why children are looked after by foster carers vary enormously. Each child or young person's circumstances are unique and by providing a safe caring family environment, foster carers could make a difference to a child's life.

We are therefore looking for patient, open, highly motivated individuals and couples who can demonstrate that they can provide a secure and stable home to vulnerable children.

Foster carers are needed for a whole range of different placements. Depending on suitability, you can be considered for a wide range of foster placements or specialise in a certain area, for example:

  • Asylum seekers
  • Parent and child
  • Teenagers
  • Children with disabilities
  • Babies


If you become a foster carer with Jay Fostering, you will not just be joining a committed, friendly and child orientated team, you will also be able to access the following benefits:

  • A placement fee that both reflects that the true cost of looking after a foster child as well as providing an allowance for your hard work (a higher fee may be secured for those with professional experience)
  • Generous respite entitlement
  • Access to training in your local area tailored to meet your individual needs
  • 24/7 Support - you will have access to a social worker 24 hours a day
  • Access to support groups in your local areas enabling potential carers to network with other foster carers
  • All placements are matched to foster carer's skills and experience.

If you would like to know more, please call us or complete an apply on line form and one of our Social Workers can visit you for a more in-depth chat about fostering before you make a final decision. We never pressurise people into fostering with us because we believe that fostering with us has to be right for all parties.

If you are currently an approved foster carer looking for a change, please give the agency a call.