Focus fostering
The Focus scheme provides foster placements for children between the age of five and 16 years old, with additional support needs, requiring carers to be readily available for them.
Focus fostering provides you with an opportunity to foster a child with complex needs as a career option and really enjoy the rewards of providing a stable and caring home to a child who might not otherwise have this experience.
The Focus scheme requires long term, short term and emergency and respite carers. We hope to attract people who may want to work at home with children, as an alternative to their current employment. Focus fostering offers higher financial allowances where carers will receive a generous fee starting at £19,285 per annum.
Focus fostering provides foster carers with a comprehensive support package which includes:
- A weekly reward payment (plus an allowance for the child’s keep)
- Training - full training will be provided
- Weekly contact from your own family placement social worker
- 24 hours, seven days a week support, as the team operate an on-call service
- Regular paid respite, when you can have a complete break
- Fortnightly foster carer meetings
- Access to a multi-agency team including social workers, psychologists and teachers
You will need:
- A spare room within your home which you rent or own
- One of the adults in your household to be available full-time (financial allowance provided)
- To have no other children under the age of 12 living in your home
- To have some experience of working with or caring for young people or vulnerable adults
If you think you could provide either long term, short term emergency or respite care within this scheme, we'd love to hear from you. Please call the family placement team on 0161 799 1268 or use the online enquiry form.
This page was last updated on 3 October 2009
