Children's guides to being in foster care

These guides provide information for children and young people about being in foster care. They also provide contact details for other people who can help.

• Younger Children's guide to being in foster care (PDF)
• Older Children and young people's guide to being in foster care (PDF)

Statement of purpose

The Statement of purpose outlines our aims and objectives; the way we recruit, approve, train and support foster carers; the diversity of our fostering service; staffing and management structure of the fostering service.

• Download: Statement of Purpose 2024 (PDF)

Foster Carer Handbook

The Foster carer handbook provides information and guidance on every element of being a foster carer.

The foster carer handbook is made up of the fostering and kinship policies, procedures and guidance.