hands

Why Foster With Sutton?

If you are interested in fostering, London Borough of Sutton is the agency to work with.

Fostering with London Borough of Sutton will help benefit local children. By having foster carers within the borough, we are able to keep the children closer to their schools, families and friends.  We need our carers to be able to take the children they are looking after to school easily, to meet family and friends or get to appointments or clubs so that as much of their normal routine as possible can remain in place.

As well as the full time fostering service, we have recently re-developed our short breaks service for children with disabilities.  We are now recruiting carers for this service.  We are asking carers to commit to a minimum of 30 nights per year to dedicate to a child with a disability or learning or communication difficulty.

Are you flexible, nurturing and willing to look after someone else's child
in your own home?  Then contact us using the Initial Contact Form

Once we have received your initial contact form, a social worker from the fostering team will be in touch to talk you through the next stages of becoming a foster carer.

FOSTERING WITH SUTTON - LOCAL CARE FOR LOCAL CHILDREN

Who Can Foster?

lady with girl with curly hair in her arms

Foster carers are ordinary people of all ages, from all walks of life and ethnic backgrounds.

Training and Support (Including Allowances)

teen boy on computer.jpg

In Sutton we pride ourselves on the support we give to our foster carers.

What is fostering?

man and boy putting on shoes

Fostering is a way of offering children and young people a home when their own parents are unable to look after them.

The fostering assessment process

boy on swing with hat

How long does it take and what does it involve?

Children who need Foster Carers

boy siblings

Children who need foster carers come from a wide variety of different home situations.