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Why Foster With Sutton?

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, to meet family and friends and 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. 

Once you have read all the information on these pages you need to complete and submit the online initial contact form.   When we receive it a social worker from the fostering team will call you to talk about the next stage.

Who Can Foster?

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

What is fostering?

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

Children who need Foster Carers

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

SUPPORT

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In Sutton we pride ourselves on our support network for foster carers. Support is given from other foster carers, social workers and other professionals are also on hand to support the needs of the foster carers and the children they look after.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

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Training

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We invest in our foster carers: you will have the best training and opportunity to develop the relevant skills to equip you to look after children with a variety of needs and who come from various situations often including neglect or abuse.

The fostering assessment process

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How long does it take and what does it involve?