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Fostering allowance from £450 p/w
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We recognise that some young people need ongoing support beyond legal adulthood, and we work with placing authorities to provide this within our fostering families. This ensures a smooth transition, allowing young people to remain in a familiar, supportive setting as they move into the next stage of life. Maintaining continuity helps preserve relationships and stability, enabling young people to build independence at a comfortable pace.
Staying in a trusted environment provides reassurance and consistency during times of change. We continue to support fostering families, recognising that young people’s needs evolve. By working closely with all involved, we ensure support remains appropriate and consistent, helping young people feel secure as they move forward.
Eastern Fostering Services has developed strong insight into the needs of children arriving in the UK without their families due to war or conflict. We understand the challenges they face adjusting to a new environment without their usual support networks. We have experienced foster carers who can guide others, sharing knowledge to help meet children’s cultural and religious needs within a family setting.
Our carers also offer valuable insight into legal processes, helping others navigate them with confidence. By sharing this expertise, we aim to create a supportive network where carers feel informed, prepared, and able to provide consistent care as children settle into life in the UK.
We offer both supportive and assessment-based placements for young parents and their children, providing opportunities for positive parental role-modelling in a family setting. These placements create a safe environment where young parents live alongside experienced carers, seeing consistent and supportive parenting in everyday routines.
Young parents are given space and structure to build confidence and understanding of their role, supported through observation and guidance. The family environment offers natural learning opportunities, where positive behaviours can be experienced and developed over time. The focus remains on supporting parent and child together, strengthening their relationship. A stable, supportive setting helps young parents feel guided and reassured as they care for their child.
When children cannot return home and adoption isn’t suitable, we support families who want to make a long-term commitment until adulthood and beyond. We work with those ready to offer stability, consistency, and care, creating a secure environment for children to grow and thrive.We provide ongoing support as children develop, recognising that each stage brings different challenges.
Families remain supported and equipped to respond to changing needs while maintaining strong, positive relationships.This support builds confidence and reassurance for both children and families, helping them navigate each stage with continuity and understanding, ensuring no one feels alone on the journey.
Short-term fostering can last from a few days to over a year. It is often needed when children are first fostered, providing time for court proceedings to determine what’s best for them long-term. Courts typically take around six months, though delays can occur due to complex family assessments.
Other short-term fostering may support children preparing for adoption. Some families offer short-term fostering (sometimes called ‘respite’, though we avoid that term) to help other foster families, ranging from a few weekends to stays up to two weeks. Most arrangements involve working with children’s families to maintain contact with important people in their lives.
Unit 3b, The Gattinetts,
Hadleigh Road,
East Bergholt,
Suffolk
CO7 6QT
