Types of fostering

• Overview
• Short-term fostering
• Respite, bridging and emergency fostering
• Long-term or permanent care
• Fostering a child with additional needs
• Parent and child fostering
• Therapeutic fostering
• Supported lodgings for young people
• Private fostering

Overview

There are many types of fostering, from short term to longer term, for one or more children, with many different needs. 

See the links above to find out more about the different types of fostering.

Watch the video below, where one of our foster carers describes the different types of foster care and what it feels like to her to make a difference to a child.

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Get in touch now

• Fostering enquiry form
• Phone 01323 464129
• Fostering and supported lodgings information events