Welcome to the fostering section of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council website
We appreciate that choosing to foster a child is not a decision to be taken lightly and we hope that the different options described in this website will inform you sufficiently to take the next step. We’ll be with you all the way, offering help, encouragement, support and guidance, assisting you through every aspect of the application process, ensuring that you make the right decision.
Fostering is the term used to describe looking after a child in a registered foster home on a temporary basis, until they can return safely to their own family. However there are some children who, for whatever reason, cannot return to their birth families, and would need to be cared for in a foster home for a longer period of time.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council recruits and supports a range of foster families to care for all of these children. The council aims to meet the needs of both the foster carer and the child/children they care for. With our full support and guidance, we will endeavour to make fostering the most fulfilling and rewarding experience you have ever had.
Currently there is a shortage of over 10,000 foster carers in the UK. In the East Riding of Yorkshire we are particularly short of foster carers for children over 5 and sibling groups.
Foster carers with East Riding of Yorkshire council receive a weekly allowance. They can choose a particular age range of children to foster and decide the type of fostering they would like to consider. Applicants don't need to have had children, but need to be over 21 with time to spare, a spare room and an understanding of children. Couples, single, heterosexual, lesbian or gay people can be foster parents. Unmarried couples or those in a civil partnership can also apply to foster jointly.
Foster carers receive full professional training and support from our dedicated fostering team and training section. They also have the option of taking further qualifications, such as NVQs, as well as the back-up of an excellent fostering support network.
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Contact:
East Riding of Yorkshire Council fostering team
Child Care Resources
Beck View Road
Grovehill
Beverley
HU17 0JT
Telephone (01482) 396673/6
Email: fostering@eastriding.gov.uk
Fax: (01482) 396642
