Who can FOCUS foster
We are proud to have an existing community of foster carers with expertise across all age ranges and working with a variety of needs. Our fostering community covers the whole of Lincolnshire and regularly host coffee mornings and events to welcome new and existing carers.
In addition to the high standards and expertise our current foster carers have, we are looking for FOCUS carers who:
- Will provide intensive and therapeutically informed care based on the child’s needs.
- Be committed to supported stability and continuity for children.
- Understand that you are offering care for one fostered child only, unless otherwise agreed (such as with siblings).
- Have no other significant commitments that would impact upon their ability to meet the child’s needs and training requirements.
- To support stability for FOCUS carers and children, we will fully explore the support networks of all FOCUS carers, provide them with training and financial support for any care they provide.
- Commit to completing enhanced level fostering training and any other training that is relevant to their own needs, or the needs of the child placed with them.
- Work with the Local Authority and the child’s birth family, to support reunification to birth family if this is in line with the child’s care plan.
- Accept any matched placement of a child that meets the criteria of their role.
- Commit to providing intensive foster care to a child for a maximum of 24 months, or in line with their care planning (for full-time carers). Or be fully committed to agreed periods of care for Support carers.
- Have regular support visits by the Placement Support Worker, Supervising Social Worker and engage with support from multi-agency colleagues such as health and education.
All FOCUS foster carers will be subject to additional assessment to ensure that this type of fostering is the right choice for them, their family, and the children they may be caring for.