Coventry's Fostering Service need more people to become foster carers for Coventry children

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The key work carried out by Coventry foster carers means the local children in our care can get the support and care they need. Foster carers make a real difference to the lives of Coventry children.

Fostering with Coventry City Council means you are providing children with a safe, positive and nurturing home. Fostering with us means you are giving the children the best chance of staying close to their family, friends and schools whilst support and decisions regarding their long term future are made.  The essential work conducted by Coventry foster carers means that children can get the stability, support and care they need, at what can be a challenging time in their lives.

There are different types of fostering and Coventry currently has a need for foster carers for all types of fostering. Please contact us if you are especially interested in offering Parent and child fostering, Next Steps which requires you to have experience of working with young people or if you feel you could consider caring for more than one child, therefore supporting brothers and sisters staying together.  We know that lots of potential foster carers 'rule themselves out' thinking they might not be considered for fostering for one reason or another.  So if you are interested in caring for children and young people, please get in touch and have a chat with our friendly team or come to one of our many drop-ins or information events.

Fostering is often referred to as a lifestyle career; it is a very different job than that of 9-5, but it does offer career progression, competitive payments, 24/7 support and your own dedicated social worker. We know that you might have questions about how fostering payments work. Being a foster carer means that you are self-employed and due to certain Government concessions the income for fostering rarely results in tax being payable and is disregarded for most benefits too.

If you wish to undertake additional training, there are different opportunities available. Our foster carers also attend training alongside social workers and other team members and our foster carers are considered a crucial part of the team caring for children. They are involved not only in decisions regarding the children, but also in how services are delivered and improved with a number of opportunities to get involved in groups looking at improvements across children's services, health and other areas. We have a thriving local fostering community which has regular support and social meetups and our foster carers meet on a very regular basis with decision-makers to feedback on how they find the service and suggest any improvements.

If you are a foster carer, or have previously been a foster carer, you may wish to talk to us about how fostering with the Local Authority means that you are more likely to have children matched with you, how the assessment would work and how our fees and additional payments compare. We pay a 'skills fee per child' cared for to encourage more people to consider caring for siblings and we also have additional allowances paid at key times such as Birthdays, Festivals and holiday time. Find out more about fees.

Coventry City Council foster carers are automatically members of the Foster Carers' Association that runs weekly meetups, coffee mornings and social events- so alongside the official support (with your own dedicated social worker) and training package, there is also informal support on offer. Our foster carers are also automatically members of The Fostering Network and can access their helplines, events and other activities.

Thank you for your interest in fostering.

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Fostering Service (recruitment)

Monday to Thursday: 8.30am – 5pm, Friday: 8.30am - 4.30pm (excluding bank holidays)

Address: Council House
Earl Street
Coventry
CV1 5RR

Telephone: 024 7683 2828

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If you'd like a printed copy of our brochure, please call 024 7683 2828.

Download our Fostering pack