St Andrew’s Children’s Society’s support, understanding, kindness, incredible professionalism and encouragement goes beyond the realms of extraordinary, and beyond the working hours of 9-5. They’ve been there for us any time of day, year in and year out to support us on our journey. They’ve become family as well as making us a family!
You will receive a warm and speedy response to your initial enquiry.
You will have experienced social workers supporting and guiding you all the way through the process of being prepared, assessed and approved as a foster carer.
We will then find the right child for you, not just by looking in one local authority area, but by searching across the whole of Scotland. We are particularly looking for people who will make a long-term or permanent commitment to children who desperately need to feel they belong to a family that loves and cares for them.
You will receive the support you need to be the best foster carer you can be for the child in your care. Our commitment to you is long-term and you will never feel alone in the foster care task.
You will receive financial support to meet the costs of day to day care of a child (Foster Care Allowance) but will also receive a fee that is a direct monthly payment to you as a reward for the huge effort you will put in to make a child feel safe, loved and ready to flourish in the world (see Financial Support below).
The average timescale from enquiry to approval is only 6 months.
We are committed to offering our foster carers ongoing support, both formal and informal.
Our staff and agency are committed to forming positive and trusting relationships with all our foster carers and your social worker will help draw up an Individual Placement Agreement between the agency, the local authority that placed the child, and yourself. This will focus on detailing the needs of the child and on the skills you will need to meet these needs as fully as possible. It will also outline the support you should expect from your own social worker and the local authority social worker responsible for the child.
Included in the support we offer is:
One of our social workers will then contact you.
Alternatively, please call us on 0131 454 3370 (if you live within 60 miles of Edinburgh) or 01224 878 158 (if you live within 60 miles of Aberdeen or Elgin) or email info@standrews-children.org.uk and we’ll send you an enquiry form to complete and return.
If you have any questions or are unsure if you can adopt or foster through us, please contact us anyway using the details above to speak with one of our social workers.
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