About Family Fostering

Learn about our passion for fostering and our values

Who we are

We are a small dedicated team with extensive experience in fostering. Teresa and Debi have worked together in fostering since 2002. They have expertise in parts of the service, from the assessment and reviewing of foster carers and delivering training and workshops, through to providing  support and supervision and managing and developing a fostering service. In addition to this, they have experience of setting up and delivering services for young people, and their families both have experience of being part of a fostering family.

Our shared passion and vision of providing high quality practical, emotional and therapeutic support to foster carers and the children in their care, inspired and motivated us to set up Family Fostering.

Our Values

Recognise worth

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.​

Influence well-being

We are acutely aware that the children and young people who are placed with foster carers have experienced trauma, abuse and/or neglect and the huge negative impact this has on their overall development and wellbeing. ​

Provide support

We recognise that caring for these children and young people is complex and demanding requiring foster carers to have key skills, personal qualities, resilience and strong support networks.​

Value fellow professionals

We value foster carers as fellow professionals and work alongside them, supporting them in every aspect of the fostering role. ​​

Raise self-esteem

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.

Provide stability

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.

Our Mission Statement

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.

Meet the Family Fostering Team

Judith Honnor

Fostering Manager

Judith qualified as a social worker in 2005 and initially worked as a Child Protection Social Worker. Judith has 8 years’ experience within fostering, firstly as a supervising social worker and for the past four years as a Senior Social Worker. Judith holds a BA degree in Social Science and Psychology and has a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Social Care. She is also a qualified trainer in Skills to Foster.

Debi Atkin

Head of Service

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.

Teresa Morgan, Director of Family Fostering

Teresa Morgan

Service Manager

A qualified social worker with over 25 years experience working with children and families. Teresa’s parents were foster carers and she has real insight into the valuable role birth children play and the impact fostering can have on them. She is passionate about ensuring everyone in the fostering family is fully supported.

Chantelle Lacey

Senior 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.

Chantal Wayman

Senior Supervising Social Worker

Chantal is a qualified Social Worker with 9 years’ experience working as a Supervising Social Worker within Therapeutic Fostering Agencies. She works with professionalism, energy, empathy and humour. Chantal has a thorough understanding of Panel and the legislation behind it and has been a Panel member for two different Agencies. She is committed to ensuring the quality of care provided to looked after young people is the best it can be.

Chloe Berry

Supervising Social Worker

Chloe is an experienced and qualified social worker with 5 years post qualifying experience. Chloe worked as a Children and Families’ Social Worker supporting children in need and children at risk. She then worked within the adolescent team where she has supported young people with complex and diverse social issues including domestic violence, substance misuse, mental health, child sexual exploitation and county lines. Chloe has a genuine desire to empower people to make positive changes in their lives.

Krista McAllister

Office Manager

Krista is a highly experienced office administrator with a Bachelor or Arts Degree and a 3 year Business Administration/Human Resources Diploma. She is also a qualified teacher of English to speakers of other languages.  Krista is a kind and compassionate individual with a genuine desire to provide help and support to those in need.

Simone Clifford

Assistant Office Manager

Simone is an experienced Administrator with expertise in minute taking, creating presentations, preparing resources, producing spreadsheets and evaluating courses. She also has valuable experience of working directly with children and families to tailor health care packages and evaluate their effectiveness and has 2 years’ experience of direct work with looked after children as a teaching assistant.

Emeli McCormack

Administrator

Emeli is an experienced administrator with direct experience working in a fostering environment.  She understands the challenges Foster Carers face and what needs to be done to ensure information is received and correctly saved to the relevant files. Emeli is organised and focused and able to deal with competing demands. She brings energy and humour to the role and is always willing to lend a hand and help out where needed.

Judith Honnor

FOSTERING MANAGER

Judith qualified as a social worker in 2005 and initially worked as a Child Protection Social Worker. Judith has 8 years’ experience within fostering, firstly as a supervising social worker and for the past four years as a Senior Social Worker. Judith holds a BA degree in Social Science and Psychology and has a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Social Care. She is also a qualified trainer in Skills to Foster.

Debi Atkin

HEAD OF SERVICE

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.

Teresa Morgan

SERVICE MANAGER

A qualified social worker with over 25 years experience working with children and families. Teresa’s parents were foster carers and she has real insight into the valuable role birth children play and the impact fostering can have on them. She is passionate about ensuring everyone in the fostering family is fully supported.

Chantelle Lacey

SENIOR 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.

Chantal Wayman

SENIOR SUPERVISING SOCIAL WORKER

Chantal is a qualified Social Worker with 9 years’ experience working as a Supervising Social Worker within Therapeutic Fostering Agencies. She works with professionalism, energy, empathy and humour. Chantal has a thorough understanding of Panel and the legislation behind it and has been a Panel member for two different Agencies. She is committed to ensuring the quality of care provided to looked after young people is the best it can be.

Elmarie Page

SUPERVISING SOCIAL WORKER

Elmarie qualified as a social worker in 2007. Her previous experience of working in educational settings has led to a passion for ensuring Children in Care have every opportunity to achieve their potential in education. Elmarie has also worked in early help, predominantly in the community. Elle has been working as a Supervising Social Worker since February 2020 and thoroughly loves working with families and young people.

Chloe Berry

SUPERVISING SOCIAL WORKER

Chloe is an experienced and qualified social worker with 5 years post qualifying experience. Chloe worked as a Children and Families’ Social Worker supporting children in need and children at risk. She then worked within the adolescent team where she has supported young people with complex and diverse social issues including domestic violence, substance misuse, mental health, child sexual exploitation and county lines. Chloe has a genuine desire to empower people to make positive changes in their lives.

Krista McAllister

OFFICE MANAGER

Krista is a highly experienced office administrator with a Bachelor or Arts Degree and a 3 year Business Administration/Human Resources Diploma. She is also a qualified teacher of English to speakers of other languages.  Krista is a kind and compassionate individual with a genuine desire to provide help and support to those in need.

Simone Clifford

ASSISTANT OFFICE MANAGER

Simone is experienced as an administrator with expertise in minute taking, creating presentations, preparing resources, producing spreadsheets and
evaluating courses. She also has valuable experience of working directly with children and families to tailor health care packages and evaluate their effectiveness and has 2 years’ experience of direct work with looked after children as a teaching assistant.

Emeli McCormack

ADMINISTRATOR

Emeli

Emeli is an experienced administrator with direct experience working in a fostering environment.  She understands the challenges Foster Carers face and what needs to be done to ensure information is received and correctly saved to the relevant files. Emeli is organised and focused and able to deal with competing demands. She brings energy and humour to the role and is always willing to lend a hand and help out where needed.

Interested in joining our team?

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:

 Please download and complete our application form and email it to enquiries@familyfostering.org.

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Office
01843 598647

Teresa Morgan
0781 553 2569

Debi Atkin
0790 459 0421

enquiries@
familyfostering.org