Interested in fostering in East Lothian?

Do you live in East Lothian or the surrounding areas? Are you interested in fostering? You could make an incredible difference to a child’s life by fostering in East Lothian.

Foster parents do amazing work every day with children that are unable to live with their own families. Across Scotland over 7,000 children need a safe and stable home with a fostering family who can look after them for as long as they need it.

We need foster parents from a wide range of backgrounds, both couple’s and single foster parents - from any ethnicity, age or sexual orientation to help with the growing need to provide children with a caring and loving foster home.

If you are interested in fostering a child within the East Lothian area, get in touch with our friendly fostering team today.

Benefits of working with Fostering People

Allowances

Foster care is a great direction to take in your life. Our foster parents see it as a rewarding role that allows them to help young people develop and grow while earning a generous allowance.

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Support

Providing excellent support to our foster parents is what Fostering People is all about. Our support has an outstanding reputation and is highly accredited.

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Training

Fostering People provide you with excellent training both to help you prepare to foster as well as ongoing training to support your ongoing development.

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How to become a foster parent with Fostering People East Lothian?

Fostering a child is an extremely rewarding experience. As a foster parent, you will care for a young people and provide them with a stable, caring, safe family home for as long as they need it.

Our friendly East Lothian team is here to help you decide if fostering is right for you and we’re on hand to offer any advice and guidance you may need. The journey to becoming a foster parent can take 4 – 6 months.

To become a foster parent, you’ll need to have:

A spare room for the foster child to make their own
A good sense of humor
A clean and safe home
Access to transport
A good network of people to encourage and support you

24/7 Fostering Support in East Lothian

We understand to succeed as a foster parent, you need the very best support.

That’s why when you become a foster parent with us, you’ll receive:

A generous fostering allowance

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Initial and continuing training and development opportunities.

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Regular visits from a dedicated and experience social worker

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Rated as Excellent by the Care Inspectorate

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Locally-based support groups

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Fun social activities

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allowance - will I be paid between fostering placements?

East Lothian Fostering Allowance & Benefits

Our commitment to working in local communities isn’t just limited to providing excellent support. We also offer our foster parents one of the best financial packages available.

Try our financial calculator to see how much your fostering allowance could be.

Thanks to generous tax relief from HM Revenue & Customs, foster carers pay very little (if any) tax and National Insurance. As a FosterTalk member, you’ll have access to free tax advice and support.

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Why join the Fostering People East Lothian team?

When you foster with us, you’ll be part of a local community of support. Our staff live within the communities we support and you’ll have receive our highly rated 24/7 support.

You’ll feel part of our East Lothian team from the minute you become a foster parent with us.

Fostering People East Lothian offer:

Monthly support groups and forums
Family events
Extensive training programme

Fostering People is an independent fostering agency. This means we work closely with local authorities to find suitable foster families for children and young people.

If you’ve got questions about fostering in East Lothian or you are ready to start your fostering journey with us. Fill out the form and we’ll get in touch with you shortly.

Alternatively, you can call us on 01382 836806.

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Whether you’re ready to start your journey or just want to chat to an expert, we’re here to talk.

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Meet some of our foster parents

Fostering Stories

Pat's fostering story

September 28 2020

Pat has been fostering with Fostering People since 2015. Pat has worked with children for 40 years, most recently as a social work, working in education. But Pat wanted a change of direction and saw an advert for the Fostering People information evening.

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Carol and John's fostering story

September 28 2020

Carol first found out about Fostering People through a friend, who works as a social worker. “A friend told me about the information evening so I went along. When I got there, I found there was no hard sell, the event was relaxed and welcoming and I felt comfortable”.

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