In our
experience when people consider fostering, it’s something they have been
thinking about for quite some time. Time being months, or even years in many
cases we hear about. We find that they will have done some research online or
spoken to family and friends, and as useful as that all is it isn’t the same as
speaking directly to people directly involved in the fostering process.
Our
Information Evenings are an informal setting to meet with our fostering team;
Senior Supervising Social Workers, existing foster carers and sometimes even a
birth child or a young person who has been fostered.
At Park
Foster Care we hold our Information Evenings on a regular basis across the
region we cover; Hanley, Warrington, Liverpool, Walsall, Derby, Uttoxeter,
Nottingham, Leicester, Rugeley and Leek. On average we have between 10 and 20
people attending the sessions which run from 6.45 to 8.30pm and tea, coffee and
usually biscuits are provided. There will be a PowerPoint presentation but
that really is only to guide us through the process (and to keep the speakers
on track!), we’ll introduce ourselves and then talk you through the process for
fostering. One of our existing foster carers will join us and they will
honestly tell you about their experiences; the good parts as well as the not so
good stories and there will be plenty of opportunities for you to ask questions
of the fostering team, the foster carer or even each other.
There is no
pressure at all during the evening, we believe that this is a life changing
decision and you will make your own minds up in your own time. You can take
away information and if you are interested in discussing this with us further
we will arrange for one of the Senior Supervising Social Workers to come and
visit you in your own home to talk on a one-to-one basis.
