Foster a Future
Newcastle Fostering Service is looking for foster carers in the North East to join our team and provide stability, security and support for children of all ages, backgrounds and different needs. We need carers who can provide long-term, short-term and short break care for teenagers, sibling groups, children with disabilities and children from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
As the Local Authority we always have children that need safe and secure homes, if you think you could provide a safe and happy home to our children then please contact us to find out more about our Fostering Service, the training and support we offer as well as the financial packages available to Foster Carers
We also have our specialist Build a Future service working with children and cusp of residential care.
We also provide a Supported Lodgings service for young people aged 16 - 18.
In return, we offer you all the support and training you need with financial packages of up to £400 per week/per child for mainstream fostering and £750 a week for Build a Future whilst you have a young person in placement.
We welcome applications from all sectors of the community in the North East, so you could be pleasantly surprised. All you really need is a big heart and plenty love to give. We recruit foster carers from within a 50-mile radius of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Fostering Pop Up Shop - Unit 103, Grainger Market
If you want to find out more about Fostering at Newcastle, then come along to our Fostering Pop Up Shop at Unit 103 at Grainger Market.
We will be here from Monday 29 July to Friday 6 September 2019, on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays only.
You do not need to book in, just come along and drop in for a chat. We look forward to meeting you.
Open Evenings
Want to learn more about fostering in Newcastle? The unique challenges and brilliant rewards that it brings? Head along to one of our Open Evenings where you can talk through everything with a member of the Fostering Team.
Each open evening will start at 7pm at the Civic Centre in Newcastle, please report to Main Reception where you will be greeted by a Social Worker who will take you to one of the Council's Committee Rooms. There is free parking at the rear of the Civic Centre after 6pm.
There will be further dates added to this year's programme, please keep checking for updates.
We also host Drop In events around Newcastle upon Tyne, if you are interested in learning more about Fostering, come along and drop in for a chat with our Recruitment & Engagement Officer.
If you live in the North East of England within 50 miles of Newcastle and you'd like to become a foster carer, please complete our fostering enquiry form or call 0191 277 2430.Enquire about becoming a Foster Carer
Phone: 0191 277 2430
Email: fostering@newcastle.gov.uk
If you have a question about Fostering at Newcastle City Council, Ask Us
Resources
Fostering Statement of Purpose (pdf, 596kb)
Our Promise to Foster Carers (pdf, 266kb)