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Could you foster in Fife?

If you’ve found yourself on Fostering in Fife page, you may be interested in finding out more about fostering in Scotland and more specifically in the Fife region.

Becoming a foster carer is a career change that many people consider and one which comes with many rewards as well as challenges along the way. It takes a special kind of person to be able to provide a safe and stable family environment for a vulnerable young person or child to come into.

FCA fostering services in Fife

The FCA office in Perth serves the immediate regions of Tayside and Fife including the towns closest to it when it comes to fostering. The local office is one of 80 dotted around the whole of the UK, creating a very ‘local’ feel to the FCA fostering network.

If you decide to foster with FCA in Fife you will be entitled to the services we offer in this region including one called Team Parenting^® which is basically a small team of childcare experts who are available on a regular basis to offer a wrap-around approach to fostering that includes giving help, guidance and support to foster carers and the children they look after, dependant upon the needs of both. The team is made up of the following professionals:

• An assigned FCA social worker
• Therapist
• Children and Young Person’s Support Service (CYPSS) worker
• Education officer

The next step

If you are interested in knowing more about fostering and what it’s all about we have a website full of information such as who can become a foster carer, the kind of support we offer, details of our on-going training and the regular activities and events that are arranged for the benefit of foster carers, their families and looked after children to enjoy within the community.

As well as providing details about our fostering fees and paid respite we also have plenty of first-hand accounts from local foster carers writing or talking about their fostering experiences and how their lives have been transformed as well as the positive impact that they have had on the lives of the young people in their care. After all, this is the reason they came into fostering in the first place.

If you would like to become a foster carer in Fife, or to find out more complete the online enquiry form now.