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Who can be a foster carer?
Anyone who has time, patience and a spare bedroom, can apply to be a foster carer. There are no age limits, marital or gender preferences. You can be working or even be out of work. It does not matter if you own or rent your home. You can consider fostering if you are:

- Over 21
- Living with a partner or married, with or without children
- Single - male or female, with or without children
- From any ethnic, religious, linguistic and cultural background
- A person with a disability
- A couple of the same gender

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What types of fostering are there?
Being a foster carer doesn't have to mean looking after a child seven days a week. There are lots of different ways of fostering. Take a moment to consider which type of fostering could be right for you:

- Short Term Fostering - Offer short term care to a child or young person, until they are able to return home
- Long Term Fostering - Offer a permanent home to a child or young person until they reach independence
- Fostering Brothers and Sisters - If you have the space, look after brothers and sisters and help keep a family group together
- Fostering Teenagers - Our scheme provides care for young people who may have challenging behaviour
- Parent and Baby Fostering - To provide short term care, support and guidance for a parent and their baby
- Fostering Children with Disabilities - To provide care for a child or young person with a disability
- Remand Fostering - Foster carers work with young people who are involved in the youth justice system
- Emergency Fostering - Look after a child or a young person for a short time in an emergency

Advice and Information
During your time as a fostering family, you will need support and help. As a Fostering Team we will provide you with all the support and help you and your family will need. We believe training is an important way to gain further skills and to meet other foster carers. The courses will be within the local area and there is an expectation for you to attend.

Call or visit our website for more information.