Your simple 5-step foster carer transfer process

Transferring to a Local Authority through Foster with North East is easier and quicker than your original approval.

1) Contact us - call or request a call back

When you contact us, one of our experienced Foster with North East fostering social workers will get in touch to explore if a move is right for you. 

2) Start your transfer

When you decide to start the transfer process, the appropriate local authority will allocate you a fostering social worker. The social worker will update your assessment. They will also contact your current agency to discuss the timing of your transfer. We will plan the timing to avoid disruption to any children you care for. 

3) Your faster fostering assessment

Your social worker will visit you at home to update your assessment information. We'll add all your valuable fostering experience to your previous form. This will be a quicker process than your last assessment. 

4) The fostering panel

A fostering panel will review your updated report and make a recommendation about your approval. 

5) Setting your start date

After formal approval, the local authority and your agency will jointly agree the end date or your agency approval. We will also agree the date your new local authority approval will commence.