Looking for an Independent Fostering Agency in Redditch?
Match Foster Care is an independent fostering agency based in Droitwich, committed to finding foster carers who will create a safe and nurturing environment for children between the ages of 0 and 17 in Redditch and the surrounding areas.
What Can Foster Carers Expect?
Foster Carers will have the benefit of a fully trained team of professionals to be on hand whenever required. You will have your own dedicated supervising social worker and we have our own support workers, education workers, registered nurse and therapeutic practitioner who can all be called upon whenever required. Unlike other agencies who will require you to login to their system daily and log reports on the children you care for, you will never have to logon and provide reports as a Match carer.
Match Foster Care should be your number one choice of fostering agencies in Redditch
Since its opening in February 2012, Match Foster Care has consistently been managed by proficient social workers. It was founded by Carrie Marsh, whose parents were foster carers. Carrie is proud to count her foster brothers and sisters as key members of her family. In other words, we have great experience in supporting the life-changing difference loving foster homes can make for a child.
As a foster parent, you’ll receive the support of multidisciplinary professionals who accompany you along the fostering journey:
- A registered nurse
- Support workers
- Education workers
- A therapeutic practitioner
Redditch Fostering Allowances
Fostering in Redditch gives you access to financial support known as fostering allowances. This ranges are as follows: £21,400 for ages 0-4, £22,700 for ages 5-10, £24,775 for ages 11-15, and £26,700 for ages 16-17. Alternatively, as a respite foster carer in Redditch, you will be paid £75 per night for each child.
We welcome carers from diverse backgrounds and family types, including single people, who want to know how best to foster.
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Explore how to become a foster carer
Anyone wanting to start their fostering journey needs to undergo a full fostering assessment, Applicants will be assessed on various criteria to determine whether they are suitable to become foster parents, along with the type of fostering they would be most suited to. There are various steps involved in the overall process such as background checks and home visits. This is to ensure that potential foster parents are a suitable fit to fulfil the needs of young people.
Short-term fostering typically refers to foster placements less than two years in length. Here children stay with you while others finalise their legal care proceedings, which can take a few months to complete. As a rule, short-term foster care is more common among young children.
Therefore, with short-term fostering, you may not know how long they will stay with you once they arrive.
Long-term fostering, sometimes known as permanent fostering, means that it is agreed that a child or young person will remain living with your family through to adulthood. The child is still part of the care system, which means that there will still be regular meetings and you will continue to have the support of a team around you. For many children living in foster care, a long-term arrangement gives them the reassurance and security that they need, helping them to feel a full member of your family.
Respite fostering is where you provide care for children always with other foster carers. This is usually for a weekend or for a couple of weeks while the child’s usual foster parents have a break.
Join our Redditch fostering family
Thinking about fostering in Redditch? With various types of fostering to explore, there are lots of ways that you can make a positive difference at what is a challenging time for young people who find themselves needing foster care.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Match Brochure
Fostering with Match Brochure
Download our Match Foster Care brochure, or fill in the form and we will deliver it to your door. Which is full of information to help you navigate the world of fostering with Match.
Droitwich Office
Severn House, 30 – 32 Ombersley Street West,
Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire,
WR9 8QZ
Stoke-on-Trent Office
3-5 Vale Street,
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire,
ST4 7LR
