We offer comprehensive support, training opportunities and payments to help you care for children.
Why foster with Tower Hamlets?
Competitive fees
All foster carers need to register as self- employed with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. There is no effect on Income Support if people register as self- employed foster carers, as any income received from fostering is not taken into account.For more information visit www.gov.uk/foster-carers
Quality support
Lots of our foster carers also enjoy meeting up on a regular basis at various support groups to talk about different issues and offer advice, helping each other. Carers also receive mentoring support from highly experienced foster carers.
Comprehensive training opportunities
Become a fostering star!
make a difference to children,
but actually they’ve made
a difference to my life. The
support I have received from
my supervising social worker
has been fantastic and Tower
Hamlets has a really great
bunch of foster carers who
support each other.”
“Foster carers feel highly valued; they receive good support and extensive training focused on meeting the needs of children. Good training opportunities are available in support groups, hubs, and one-to-one during supervisory visits.”
It’s essential that all foster carers receive 24-hour quality support. But we believe carers need more and that’s why we are committed to rolling out the Fostering Networks’ Mockingbird programme to every foster carer. This exciting scheme links a group of foster families together so that carers receive extra valuable peer support and respite care where foster children in placement can experience sleepovers. Foster families regularly get together and experience social activities such as bowling and mini breaks. Foster children soon make friends and find comfort from other children who understand what it’s like to be in care.
“Now we are like a big family. We share things and can use the Mockingbird hub to help with any problems. There’s always a safe and familiar place for my foster children to go.” Foster carer