Following a home visit from one of our team and your attendance at our ‘Skills to Foster’ course, you will hopefully feel comfortable submitting an application to become a foster carer.
A fostering application will ask for information regarding
• Identity and contact information for those applying to foster. If you are a couple living together this should be a joint application as you foster as a family, and all who live in the home are involved.
• Family, household and relationship details, including those of children and/or previous partners who no longer live with you.
• Employment and financial stability
• Accommodation (though we will have already visited and seen this).
• Health and medical history, including contact details for your GP.
You’ll also be asked to provide a minimum of 3 personal referees who know you well and will be interviewed as part of the process, to gather supporting information in relation to your character and relevant or transferable experience.
Once submitted we will write to you to accept your application and set out timescales for the journey to you becoming an approved foster carer with Fitzgerald Fostering.
