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Foster with Oxfordshire County Council
Currently there are not enough foster carers to enable us to keep our children local. What can be more important for a child who is unable to live at home with their parents than staying close to the things that matter, like their friends, family and remaining in their school.
To be a foster carer with us you will need:
• A spare bedroom for the child
• To live in Oxfordshire
• A caring nature, patience, humour and heaps of energy.
When you foster with a local authority, you are fostering directly with Children’s services who are responsible for the children who you will care for. A local authority fostering service is not for profit and has child welfare at its heart. What do our carers say? Lucy told us: “Fostering is a collaborative effort – you are not parenting on your own, but as part of a team. You spend a lot of time talking to social workers, school staff,
GPs, mental health workers and a whole array of other professionals. “My one piece of advice to new foster carers would be don’t pretend you’re ok when you’re not. You’re not alone, and there’s always help available – you just have to ask for it.”
We need carers for children of all ages, but we especially need carers who could take more than one child, siblings should be able to stay together, not be living separately – sometimes miles apart. To help you with the transition to foster care we pay a £1500 welcome payment. We pay an enhanced fostering fee alongside an allowance for the child to help make fostering more affordable. You receive support from your social worker and other foster carers who are all part of a local fostering community. Our carers love seeing the difference they make to a child’s life... you could do that too!
Get in touch to find out more: fostering@oxfordshire.gov.uk 0800 783 5724 Oxfordshire.gov.uk/fostering