How Can I Become A Carer? 

Foster carers are as individual as the children they care for, so it’s important for us to know what skills you possess and where you need further training and development.

The first step to becoming a carer is to contact us, either by calling our freephone number 0800 085 2225 or filling in the web enquiry form. We can then tell you a little more about fostering with FCA and answer any initial questions you may have.

The application and assessment process gives you the accurate information you need on what fostering will involve and gives you chance to consider how fostering will affect your life – as well as your family and friends. Once approved as a foster carer, we can also use information gathered during the assessment process to decide which children or young people to ask you to foster.

We will support you throughout the process, and simply ask in return that you are as open and honest as possible and give answers that you believe in…rather than answers you think are ‘correct’. Be yourself, raise any concerns as quickly as possible and always ask if there’s anything that you don’t understand or would like more information about.