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Fostering in Bournville

Fostering in Bournville Open your heart for a life changing experience
through fostering
Fostering in Bournville Open your heart for a life changing experience
through fostering

Foster Carers love Sunbeam because we provide excellent support and complete training on fostering

Become a foster carer with Sunbeam Fostering in Bournville

Sunbeam Fostering Agency was established in the year 2000 in response to the need for a prompt reliable service providing foster care to children and young people in need, especially those from ethnic minorities and in specific areas of the U.K.

We currently provide services to over 50 Local Authorities in London, South East, South Central, Midlands and North regions and are geographically expanding into further areas to recruit more foster carers for the benefit of children in care. We are accredited by the relevant professional bodies such as London Care Placements, South Central Framework Authorities and East and West Midlands Childcare Consortia. We also hold contracts with the West London Alliance, Croydon, Sutton, Lambeth, Lewisham, Suffolk, Luton, Central, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Hampshire etc. We are a member of NAFP, NWG and Fostering Network. Sunbeam is also a member of Coram BAAF and FosterTalk.  All our foster carers are individual members of the FosterTalk. As one of the largest and most progressive independent fostering agencies in the UK, we provide quality family placements to children in care and competitive foster care payments to our foster carers.

The need for more foster carers within the Bournville area continues and we are keen to speak to potential new carers living in Birmingham and the surrounding areas. We are dedicated to recruiting locally based foster carers to support children and young people currently living in Bournville.

We have a local registered office in Coventry and have social workers and support staff based locally. We understand and are committed to providing local support to foster carers which include:
  • Local support workers
  • Local supervising social workers
  • Foster Carer support groups
  • Funday’s, Activity days
  • Children’s support groups
  • Celebration events for children and foster carers

Do you live in Bournville and want to learn more about what is fostering, fostering in Bournville, what is a foster carer or would you like to become a foster parent? We provide free training and support to foster carers in the Bournville area, as well as generous fostering allowances.

To apply to become a foster parent in Bournville or if interested in fostering a child or fostering in Bournville, please visit our online application page. As one of the largest and most progressive independent fostering agencies, we provide quality family placements to children in care and competitive foster care payments for our carers.

Fostering a child is a way of providing a stable family life for children and young people who are unable to live with their birth parents. We always want to hear from carers experienced in fostering children who would like to transfer to Sunbeam.

To learn more about what is fostering, fostering in Bournville the foster carer’s role and how to foster a child, please download our guide to foster care. Our guide also gives useful information about the role of independent fostering agencies; fostering allowances and foster care payments structures with Sunbeam; as well as how to foster a child in your area and the main requirements for fostering children.

Can I Become a Foster Carer?

We need foster carers from a wide range of backgrounds, races and religion. This is because all children have their own unique and individual background and heritage. You do not need to be married, own a house or have children of your own.

To become a foster carer or for further information on what is fostering, please contact us today and we are happy to provide you with the information and support you need.

Please contact us if you have any questions and would like to explore fostering.

What is Fostering? or What is Foster Care? or How to become a Foster Carer?

Fostering is a way of providing a stable family life for children and young people, who are unable to live with their parents at a point in time. This allows children the chance to thrive in a safe, secure, loving and caring home environment with foster carers. The children and young people placed with foster carers are from a diverse range of backgrounds and will display different behaviour depending upon their various experiences.

All children and young people are different, making it difficult to define a “typical child”. However, what you can expect is that, as with any child or young person, they need security, stability and the chance to develop and thrive with carers who understand what is fostering and have empathy for the child’s situation.

To become a foster carer or for further information on what is fostering, please contact us today and we are happy to provide you with the information and support you need.

High quality, professional extensive support

A supervising social worker who will be local to you and dedicated to supporting you

Full support on a 24 hour basis through our out of hours team

An excellent and progressive training programme

The chance to be treated as a fostering professional

The opportunity to become a specialist foster carer for children with challenging needs. This may be a child with disabilities, autism or learning difficulties

Regular support groups for foster carers and children

Competitive fostering allowances to cover children’s needs and provide a “reward” element to carers

Good placement levels due to our tenders with Local Authorities and several preferred provider relationships

At Sunbeam we are proud of our standards and the support and training that we provide to our foster carers. We would welcome you to take the opportunity to speak to one of our existing foster carers to hear this first hand.

‍We have a good record in maintaining placements and this is due to excellent matching process at the placement stage and also that we seek to address any concerns quickly.

Many Local Authorities now have Framework Agreements (determined by a tendering process) and often Sunbeam will be in the top tier of these contracts to ensure that we receive strong referrals levels for placements.

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