Fostering in Gateshead
Do you live in Gateshead or in the surrounding areas and want to become a foster parent to a child or young person?
Become a foster parent in Gateshead
If you have a spare room, are over the age of 21 and have the heart and home to offer to a young person, Foster Care Associates Gateshead would love to hear from you.
Care is at the heart of everything we do here in Gateshead. It’s pivotal to supporting families, children and young people in order to provide them with the best possible opportunities for the future. If you’re over the age of 21 and have a spare room, you can be the difference a child needs by fostering in Gateshead.
Set up by a former foster parent and former social worker in 1994, Foster Care Associates has grown to become one of the largest independent fostering agencies in the UK. Our vision has always been to invest in and nurture high standards in foster care. Choose to foster with us and you’ll receive an extensive local support network, excellent training, 24/7 advice and a rewarding new career.
By Phone
One of our team is available to talk to you over the phone to answer any of your fostering queries.
By Email
One of our team is available to talk to you over the phone to answer any of your fostering queries.
Visit an office
Foster Care Associates, Evolve Business Centre, Cygnet Way, Houghton le Spring DH4 5QY
Benefits of working with FCA
24/7 advice service
Excellent ongoing training
Access to your local fostering team
Competitive payments
Local support groups
Local social activities and events
24/7 fostering support in Gateshead
Here at Foster Care Associates Gateshead, we pride ourselves as being a friendly and welcoming group of people, who strive to make a difference to children's and families' lives.
In order to support our foster parents and children and young people in the best possible way, we have a regional group of highly skilled social workers and our own therapists who are brimming with experience and knowledge.
As well as continued around-the-clock support from your regional team, we provide you with ongoing training to help develop your skills throughout your fostering journey, including:
- Safeguarding
- First Aid
- Child exploitation
- Attachment and Child Development
- Trauma and bereavement
- Equality and diversity
It’s really important to us in Gateshead that we welcome you into the Foster Care Associates family. That’s why we hold local support groups on a regular basis, to give you the time to reflect, and share achievements and advice. All of which helps to build your support network with other foster parents in and around the region.
Office opening hours
Monday: 9am-5pm
Tuesday: 9am-5pm
Wednesday: 9am-5pm
Thursday: 9am-5pm
Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed
Gateshead Fostering Allowance and Benefits
At Foster Care Associates Gateshead, we believe foster parents should be rewarded for their hard work in changing children’s lives. That’s why we offer an allowance that takes into consideration the demands and cost of foster care. In addition, as a foster parent, you will receive additional benefits, including tax exemption on the first £10,000 you earn per year and additional tax breaks.
Jodie Fletcher-Murray
Operations Manager
Karen Webb
Office Manager
Neil Morris
Operations Director
Sarah Downs
Recruitment Officer
Jayne Robson
Senior Supervising Social Worker
Lisa Collins
Senior Supervising Social Worker
Klaudia Heslop
Supervising Social Worker
Stacey Watson
Participation Officer