If you are interested in fostering a child please complete the online enquiry form or contact Careline for an information pack.
Foster carers receive an allowance and other fees to cover the cost of caring for children, such as food, clothes, travel and household bills.
People looking to foster must be:
We do not discriminate on the grounds of class, race, culture, sexual orientation or disability. We also welcome enquiries from single people wanting to foster.
For more information about the different types of fostering (permanent, short term and private fostering) and what is involved visit the British Association for Adoption and Fostering website.
We’ll contact you within five working days to discuss basic criteria such as home, health, background etc. If you still want to proceed we will visit you at home to discuss your application and circumstances in more detail.
We will invite you to an induction training course and information day where you can learn about other people’s experiences and learn about family contact, safe caring and letting go when a child moves on. You will then demonstrate your ability to be a foster carer and what you have learned by taking part in an assessment day.
The assessing social worker will visit you to write a report and discuss fostering with you and other family members. We’ll also carry out police, probation and medical checks.
We will present the report to the fostering panel, who will discuss your application. You are entitled to attend the panel. Once formally approved, you will be accepted as a foster carer for Liverpool City Council.