Want to Foster?

At Moments we welcome any enquiry, so if you are new to fostering or have experience we want to hear from you!

Moments Fostering Agency provides a professional service for children and young people. We are always looking for people to provide care in their own homes. To become a foster carer, you do not need to have any qualifications other than sound parenting skills and the ability to provide a secure and nurturing home for the child in your care.

Foster carers come from all walks of life; you may be single, married or live as a couple. You may have children of your own, or you may not. Your children may be grown up and live away from home. You will have the opportunity to be part of a team of experienced foster carers and you will learn from each other's experiences.

Your home needs to be large enough to provide comfortable accommodation, and you will need at least one spare bedroom available.

It is an expectation that the main carer does not work so that they are available to care for the children/young person that are placed although part time work will be taken into consideration depending on working hours and situation.

How long it takes and what it entails

If you apply to become a foster carer we will invite you to a "Skills To Foster Course", you will then be assessed on your experience and skills, using the BAAF (British Association for Adoption and Fostering) Form F. This will be a full and thorough process, which includes discussion with other family members, references from friends and employers past and present. Checks will be made with the CRB (Criminal Records Bureau), NSPCC, Police and Department of Health. You will also be asked to have a medical with your local GP. Moments would like to stress that all checks are done with the utmost confidentiality, we fully comply with the data protection act.

When the assessment is complete (which takes around four months), you will be invited to attend Moments independent Fostering Panel who will either recommend that you are approved or will ask for more information which will help in the final decision if fostering is right for you and your family.

When you are approved the children/young people will be carefully matched to enable you to provide the care that these children/young people need. We will offer you ongoing training and support so that we can work in partnership with parents, carers and Local Authorities as well as other professionals.

For a full detailed list of the total procedure to become a foster carer click here.

How to Apply

There are a number of ways to apply to become a foster carer or to request more information, click here to fill in your details and your pack will be sent out to you via either email or post, or you can telephone in office hours and a pack will be sent to you.

Tax Position

All Moments foster carers are self employed and it is your responsibility to let the Inland Revenue know. With effect from the 6th April 2003, the regime for Foster carers has changed and individual taxable reward element arrangements will be replaced by a national scheme. (Full details of our accountants name and telephone number are available from Moments admin team.)

Thank you for taking the time to read this information.