NEW DRAFT Fostering
Why foster with us?
As the local authority, East Sussex County Council are responsible for finding and matching a fostering placement for every single child in East Sussex who needs care, from newborns to teenagers.
We always place children with our own foster carers first. We will only consider using carers from an independent fostering agency if we do not have enough available foster carers of our own at the time.
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Why choose fostering?
Fostering offers children aged 0-18 a safe and caring family, while they are unable to live with their own, and provides an opportunity for other professionals to work with the birth family to help resolve their issues.
This is the story of Marsha, Neil and Ayesha who consider themselves very ordinary. They know they’re not perfect, but they deal with life one step at a time, and when they start their fostering journeys, they realise that they are capable of more than they initially thought possible.