www.wiltshire.gov.uk
Fostering
Summary of Service
Fostering is a way of providing family-based care for children who cannot live with their parents or other family. It is also about caring for a child in your own home usually on a temporary basis.
Fostering allows children to be cared for in a way that meets their individual needs. The choice of families will allow the best match to the individual needs of the child.
Details of Service
Consider Fostering to make a positive difference to a child!
In Wiltshire nearly 300 children and young people are looked after by Wiltshire County Council. Nearly 70% of these children and young people live with foster families. Foster carers are people who look after these children.
Fostering is community based, often allowing children to stay in their local area, to attend their local school and to keep in touch with their friends.
Most children who live with foster carers do so temporarily, however some children do not return to their families and may live with foster carers in the longer term.
What you will need
All kinds of people can become foster carers:
- Men and women regardless of sexual orientation
- Married, single or living with a partner
- In work, unemployed or retired
- From any cultural, ethnic or social background
What's important is that you have the space in your home and in your life, a good sense of humour, tolerance, understanding, enthusiasm and the motivation to make a positive difference to young people's lives.
To find out more about becoming a Foster Carer, please see Becoming a Foster Carer.
Contact Details
By Post
Chippenham Family Placement Team
357 Hungerdown Lane
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN14 0UX
Salisbury Family Placement Team
Riverside Centre
Churchfields Road
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP2 7NH
Trowbridge Family Placement Team
Trowbridge Resource Centre
Rutland Crescent
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 0NY
By Email
fostering@wiltshire.gov.uk
By Telephone
Recruitment Hotline: 0800 1696321 or
01249 444321 (Chippenham)
01722 333552(Salisbury)
01225 752198 (Trowbridge)
By Fax
01249 445959 (Chippenham)
01722 422052 (Salisbury)
01225 775334 (Trowbridge)
| A to Z Names | Fostering, Social services - fostering |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Fostering; Children - fostering; Becoming a foster parent |
| PID No. | 159 |
| IPSV Category | Fostering |
| Level 1 Name | Fostering |
| IPSV ID | 140 |
