Transferring fostering services with Foster with North East

Our fostering hub advisers have lots of experience supporting foster carers through the transfer process, meaning we are able to offer high levels of support to transferring, new and returning foster carers.

Why transfer with us?

• Our foster carer buddy programme welcomes and supports carers who are new to the North East council fostering community.
• We've extended the Mockingbird fostering programme of fostering support across all council partners in Foster with North East.
• Join the largest community of foster carers in the North East, with a host of events, activities and support groups for the fostering community, organised by your local council fostering services.

What foster carers who transfer say

"We were guided throughout the move. And we are very pleased we decided to make the move. It was easy for us and did not affect our fostered child at all. We are still very impressed with the support we receive."

 I originally fostered through an Independent Fostering Agency, but I wanted to work with a local authority. I wanted to be part of a bigger community of foster carers.  I also felt that working directly with the local authority would create a clearer, more responsive link between myself and the team supporting the children in my care. Denise, 100th Foster with North East foster carer.

We started off with an independent fostering agency an IFA. And really we were looking to do short term fostering, and so we sort of accidentally ended up with our first foster daughter, age eight, with us long term. And for all, it wasn't how we foresaw our fostering journey starting. I wouldn't change it.

When we cared for her, we actually moved in house to local authority. Things felt more natural, less paperwork, less rigid. So we really have enjoyed being local authority foster carers, and when she moved on, we're now offering short-term fostering, and we've been caring for two little boys for over a year now. Nicola, IFA to local authority transferring foster carer.