Foster Carer
Location: Any UK Location
Allowance: £430–£1,000 per week depending on the type of placement
Be the difference in a child's life. Become a Foster Carer with Fusion Fostering.
At Fusion Fostering, we believe every child deserves to feel safe, loved, and supported. We are looking for compassionate individuals and families from all walks of life to provide stable, nurturing homes for children and young people who cannot live with their birth families.
You don't need previous professional childcare experience to become a foster carer. What matters most is your patience, resilience, empathy, and commitment to helping children reach their full potential.
About the Role
As a Foster Carer, you will open your home and your heart to a child or young person, providing them with a safe, caring, and stable environment where they can grow, heal, and thrive.
Every child is different, and placements vary in length and complexity. Whether you're caring for a teenager, siblings, a parent and child, or providing respite care, you'll be supported every step of the way by your dedicated Supervising Social Worker and the wider Fusion Fostering team.
From your first enquiry through to welcoming a child into your home, you'll have one dedicated point of contact, ensuring continuity, consistency, and personalised support throughout your fostering journey.
What You'll Do
- Provide a safe, stable, and nurturing home.
- Support children with their emotional, educational, and social development.
- Encourage children to build confidence, independence, and positive relationships.
- Attend meetings, training, and reviews as part of the child's care plan.
- Work closely with your Supervising Social Worker, schools, social workers, and other professionals.
- Keep records to support the child's progress and wellbeing.
- Promote positive routines, boundaries, and life skills.
- Help children create happy memories and experience everyday family life.
Who Can Foster?
We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds.
You may be:
- Single, married, or living with a partner
- Working, self-employed, retired, or not currently working
- A homeowner or renting your home
- With or without children of your own
- Over the age of 21
What matters most is that you have:
- A spare bedroom.
- Time, patience, and resilience.
- A genuine commitment to improving children's lives.
- The ability to provide a safe and caring home.
- A willingness to learn and work as part of a professional team.
There is no upper age limit for fostering, and we actively encourage enquiries from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences.
The Types of Placements We Offer
We support a range of fostering placements, including:
- Long-term fostering
- Short-term fostering
- Emergency placements
- Respite care
- Teenagers
- Sibling groups
- Parent and Child placements
- Solo placements
- Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People
We'll work closely with you during your assessment to identify the type of fostering that best suits your family and lifestyle.
Full Training & Ongoing Support
When you foster with Fusion, you're never alone.
You'll receive:
- A dedicated Supervising Social Worker
- 24-hour support, 365 days a year
- Comprehensive "Skills to Foster" training before approval
- Ongoing professional development through our training programme
- Opportunities to gain recognised childcare qualifications
- Regular support groups and networking opportunities
- Access to specialist professionals when additional support is needed
Our commitment is not only to the children in our care but also to the foster families who care for them.
Financial Support
As a Fusion Foster Carer, you'll receive generous weekly fostering allowances to help cover the cost of caring for a child, alongside your professional fostering reward.
Current weekly allowances include:
- Standard placements: £430–£500
- Enhanced/Complex placements: £500–£650
- Parent & Child placements: £800–£1,000
As foster carers are self-employed, you may also benefit from significant government tax relief.
Why Choose Fusion Fostering?
At Fusion Fostering, we're proud to be a family-focused independent fostering agency.
We believe that successful fostering is built on relationships, not numbers.
Our experienced team provides personalised support from your first enquiry onwards, helping you feel confident, informed, and valued every step of the way.
Our values guide everything we do:
- We Care
- We Listen
- We Collaborate
- We Include
Together, we can help children experience the stability, love, and opportunities they deserve.
Could you change a child's future? We'd love to hear from you.
Pay: £430.00-£1,000.00 per week
Work Location: Remote
