Fostering is:

• Caring for a child or young person in your own home when their family are unable to do so

• Taking care and committing yourself to a child or young person for a few days, weeks, months or longer

• Helping and sticking with a child or young person to come to terms with difficult times and stages in their lives

• Helping a child or young person to keep in contact with their families

• Receiving support from your Supervising Social Worker and working together with other Professionals