Types of Fostering

Fostering comes in various forms to meet the needs of children.

Choosing the right type depends on your skills, experience, and personal circumstances. Speak to our team to find the best option for you.

Short Term Fostering

Short term fostering - Footprints Foster Care

Short-term fostering means giving a child or young person a safe, secure, nurturing and loving home to live in until they can return to their own family.

Long Term Fostering

Long term fostering - Footprints Foster Care

Long-term fostering means giving children and young people who will not be returning to their birth families a safe, secure, caring and loving home they can call their own to thrive in.

Respite Fostering

Respite fostering - Footprints Foster Care

Respite fostering provides short-term care for children and young people, giving their full-time foster carers or families a temporary break.

Solo Fostering

Solo fostering - Footprints Foster Care

Solo fostering is a specialised form of fostering where a child or young person is placed in a household as the only foster child.

Sibling Fostering

Fostering siblings - Footprints Foster Care

Fostering siblings is a pivotal practice within the UK's fostering community, and aims to preserve the bond shared by brothers and sisters during the challenges of a disrupted family environment.

Parent & Child Fostering

Parent and child fostering - Footprints Foster Care

Parent and child fostering involves providing a safe and supportive environment for both a parent and their child, often a mother and baby, to learn essential parenting skills and bond while receiving guidance and support from experienced foster carers.

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168 Ringwood Road
Ferndown
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