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What Makes Us Unique?
We have a psychotherapist on hand to help you with your journey.
We help you to grow as an individual and a family.
We offer a whole family approach, giving support to your birth children.
Being in care doesn’t necessarily mean anything bad, it just means that your parents couldn’t take care of you in that point in time to the best of their ability, for what ever reason. By fostering you do a lot of good.
Zac, young person
Our Fostering Team
Joanne
Registered Manager
Asim
Team Manager
Reece
Administrator
Claire
Administrator
Sarah
Supervising Social Worker
Anna
Supervising Social Worker
Cathy
Supervising Social Worker
The foster care journey
At New Routes Fostering there will be one person supporting you through the application and approval process to become a foster carer. The whole process usually takes 6-8 months from your initial enquiry and the steps to becoming a foster carer are outlined below:
Step 1
Initial enquiry
You contact New Routes about fostering.
Step 2
Home visit
We arrange a visit to your home to meet you.
Step 3
Preparation
You undertake training in preparation to become a foster carer.
Step 4
Application
You complete the Application Form (Form F).
Step 5
Assessment
We carry out the assessment process.
Step 6
Panel
The fostering panel make a decision on whether to approve you as a foster carer.
Step 7
Post Approval
You undertake the Training Standards Development.
Step 8
Matching
We match you to a child in need of a home.
Get in touch if you would like to find out more
Simply complete the form below and a member of the team will be in touch as soon as they can.