Why Choose Us

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Family Works Fostering agency is steadily growing and progressive independent foster care agency in Essex providing quality and innovative family placements to children in care. Established in 2017, we are committed to placing children who are not able to remain with their own family in an alternative family placement. Unlike other agencies, our aim is not to make money but to provide committed, empathetic and knowledgeable foster carers to local authorities within Essex and across England.

We Provide:

• High quality, professional extensive support
• A supervising social worker who will be local to you and dedicated to supporting you
• Full support on a 24-hour basis through our out of hours team
• An excellent and progressive training programme
• The chance to be treated as a fostering professional
• The opportunity to become a specialist foster carer for children with challenging needs. This may be a child with disabilities, autism or learning difficulties
• Regular support groups for foster carers and children
• Competitive fostering allowances to cover children’s needs and provide a “reward” element to carers
• Good placement levels due to our tenders with Local Authorities and several preferred provider relationships
• A long lasting healthy relationship with Family Works Fostering.

Family Works Fostering is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people placed in our care. Family Works Fostering is proud to partner with committed loyal and dedicated foster parents, to develop fostering services where partnership working, professionalism, integrity and fairness are crucial to our operations and service provision.

If you are considering fostering or know someone that is please contact us by calling +44 1702 59 77 97 or sending an email to info@fw-fostering.co.uk