Advocacy, Training and Professional Social Care Services for Foster Carers and Families across the West Midlands.

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So children can feel safe in home life with you.

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Fostering Advocacy

Advocacy and supportive services for Foster Carers

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Support on your journey into Fostering with qualified Social Care experts with real-life experience.

  • Mentoring and Empathetic Support

  • Crises and Emergency support

  • Allegations and Ongoing Support

  • Fostering Transfer

  • Standards of Care Support

  • Legal and Policies

Learn and develop vital Foster Care skills

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Access to interactive, best practice training:

  • Introduction to Fostering Simulations

  • Skills to Foster™ Training

  • Reflective Consultation & Spaces

  • Ring Around the Child

Referrals and services for fostering organisations

Our comprehensive referral and support services for fostering organisations are designed to provide targeted assistance and expert guidance in key areas, ensuring foster carers receive the support they need to create stable, nurturing environments for children in their care.

Services for fostering organisations include:

  • Recruitment of prospective Foster Carers including application completion

  • Introduction to Fostering Training (ItF)

  • Referral of prospective carers to Local Authorities and Independent Fostering Providers

  • Independent Social Worker in Allegation Cases

  • Placement Stabilisation Support

  • Birth Child Support

  • New Foster Carer Mentorship

Built by a Foster Carer, for Foster Carers

Our 1:1 approach provides the empowerment you need

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    Personalised Support

    Feel heard, understood and empowered. We take the time to listen to your challenges and help to plan the best next steps with you.

  • A professsional support worker supporting a worried woman, with one hand on her shoulder and the other on her clasped hands.

    A safe space to share

    Feel confident with the personal and consistent support of an experienced professional you can trust.

  • One paid of hands cupping someone's hands to offer heartfelt support

    We’ve been where you are

    We've fostered too. So you're being supported by someone with lived experiences of the rewards, challenges, and day to day roles of being a foster carer.

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    Qualified Social Worker

    Advice and support will always be reflective of legislative and regulatory frameworks that underpins fostering.

What clients say

“…Elrose always guided me in the right direction and gave me support…”

—Haleema

Meet your Fostering Support Guide

Dedicated to raise the standards of care, I mentor Foster Carers and parents to become confident and adaptive caregivers.

Being a Foster Carer myself has given me decades of hands-on experience, insight and empathy.

I’m here to nurture you with a personal 1:1 service for those who want more time and comfort than is possible with overstretched Fostering Organisations.

About Elrose, your guide

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