St Christopher’s is a charity creating brighter futures for children and young people in care. As a leading provider of children's services, we always seek to develop our practice and find new ways of supporting young people.
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All our services have the same goal: to support children and young people to fulfil their potential, grow into independent adults and have happy, successful futures.
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There are many ways you can support St Christopher's work with children and young people. Find out how you can help young people reach their goals.
Foster with us and
you'll never feel
alone or unsupported
Support and training
Support and training for foster carers
You are professionals at what you do, so we care about investing in your development.
Because we are an independent fostering agency, we can offer an extra level of support. Our team are there to support your entire family in a way that works for you.
There will always be someone from our team at the other end of the phone for any advice you need – 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
At monthly support groups you can meet other foster carers and share your experiences. You can also access an extended support network of specialists in education, psychology and therapy if the young person in your care would benefit from additional help.
They’re always there on the end of the phone, 24 hours day, bank holidays and Christmas too.
What training is available?
Training doesn’t end once you’ve been approved to foster – we run courses throughout the year that you can attend in your local office:
- Skills to Foster, our introductory training programme
- Specialist social pedagogy course
- Therapeutic fostering
- Attachment theory
- Parent and child fostering
- Radicalisation prevention
- Internet safety
- Drug awareness
- Understanding allegations
- Online training with AC Education
- IT skills, to help with your recording
- … and many more courses
So, what are you waiting for? Chat to us about fostering today.
What skills do I need for fostering?
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Who can foster?
What are the requirements to become a foster carer? We ask that you have a desire to look after vunerable young people, time, commitment & a spare bedroom.
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Allowances and fees
Foster carers are paid an allowance to cover the cost of a child or young person living in your home. Our allowances are competitive & vary by region.
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