Learn about our passion for fostering and our values
We are a small dedicated team with extensive experience in fostering. Teresa and Debi have worked together in a private fostering agency since 2002 and Tracy has worked alongside them since 2006. Between us we have expertise in all roles within fostering from the assessment and reviewing of foster carers, delivering training programmes and workshops, providing the day to day support and supervision, managing and developing a fostering service. In addition to this we all have previous experience of setting up and delivering services for young people and their families and Teresa and Debi have experience of being part of a fostering family.
At Family Fostering our principles of recognising each individual’s unique worth and enabling them to realise their potential are central to everything we do. This is inclusive to all the children and young people within the service, all our foster carers and staff members.
Our foster carers are skilled to make a life changing difference to young people placed in their care, essentially in the day to day care they provide within their homes where they consistently demonstrate to young person they are valued and provide them with the support they need to work through their difficulties, raise their self-esteem and provide them with the motivation and resources they need to realise their unique potential.
We strongly believe that ideally children and young people within the care system who are unable to return to their birth family should have the stability of long term foster placements as within these they are provided with the best opportunity to begin developing secure attachments vital to their emotional well-being.
To provide our fostering families with a secure base within which they are equipped and enabled to provide safe, nurturing and loving homes to young people unable to live with their birth families. Working holistically with a therapeutic ethos we will ensure that each child/young person is fully supported through their psychological recovery, enabled to build their resilience and realise their unique potential.
REGISTERED MANAGER
A qualified social worker with over 25 years experience working with children and families. Having previously been a foster carer she has valuable insight into the realities of fostering and a heart for supporting foster carers in the complex work they do. Debi has a Diploma in Management.
RESPONSIBLE PERSON
SENIOR PRACTITIONER
A dedicated social worker with 16 years ’post qualifying’ experience and extensive knowledge of attachment, trauma and loss. Tracy is committed to ensuring foster carers and the children they care for receive the therapeutic support they need to build resilience and help the children through their psychological recovery.
SUPERVISING SOCIAL WORKER
Chantelle is a qualified social worker with a BA hons degree in Social Work. Chantelle is committed to ensuring all young people within the service achieve best possible outcomes. Chantelle is also fully committed to supporting foster carers, their birth children and extended families understanding fostering is a whole family venture.
OFFICE MANAGER
ADMINISTRATOR
Recruiting quality people as part of our family
As a developing service, we are looking to expand the services we provide. We’re keen to hear from individuals who share our therapeutic ethos, have a firm commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people and have the necessary skills and experience. If this is you and you are interested in joining our team as a foster carer, social worker, sessional worker, panel member or therapist please contact us:
Teresa Morgan
0781 553 2569
Debi Atkin
0790 459 0421
enquiries@
familyfostering.org
