Supporting parent and baby in foster placement:
This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to train to be a parenting assessor in family environment. It is an exciting and highly rewarding experience for anyone wanting to make a difference to the lives of the babies and their parents through enhancing and enabling parenting skills and abilities.
PACFA foster carers are passionate and committed people who believe that parents referred for assessments be given the opportunity to turn their lives around and become affectionate and responsible parents.
We are an independent Ofsted registered specialist Parent and Child fostering agency. Our office is based in Walton on Thames Surrey.
Parent and Child Fostering Assessments is passionate about looking after the mother and her baby and we are proud of our high standard and the training we offer all our foster carers.
What you can expect as a Parent and Child Fostering Assessments foster carers
Training: We run a wide range of accredited professional courses and specialist workshops to give you the practical tools and strategies to help you foster.
Support: You will never be alone; we provide 24/7 support 365 days-a-year, which means we are there for you whenever you need us.
Not everyone is suitable for the post, but if you meet the criteria below you will be considered:
Physically and emotionally fit (subject to medical assessment)
Single or a couple
Have one spare bedroom
No criminality
Over the age of 21
Parents
Parent or non-parent
Ideally you will:
Be professional and committed to making a difference to a parent and child’s lives
Always believe in a child’s potential and nurture them
Be encouraging and positive, possess integrity, consistency and resilience
Be prepared to learn new ways of helping the mother and her baby so that they can return to the community to lead a productive and fulfilling life
Enquire about this model of fostering today and take your first step towards becoming a parent and child foster carer.
We’ve put together some useful information for children who are staying with our foster carers.
If you have any questions, please make sure you ask one of our social workers next time you see them, they would be more than happy to answer your questions.
Parent and Child Fostering Assessments is an independent fostering agency that support parent and their babies in placements. Our agency is regulated by Ofsted.
A parent and child foster carer’s role is to provide the child and mother with a safe, caring and loving environment where the carer helps the mother improve and gain on the skills and knowledge of parent safely.
• Ofsted: 03001231231
• Child Line: 0800 1111
• Voice: 0800 800 5792
email: help@vcc-uk.org
• Children’s Rights Director
NYAS is an organisation that support children, young people, vulnerable adults, parents and carers, by helping them to be heard. They give confidential and independent advice, information and representation.
Reasons why children and young people contact NYAS include:
• They want someone to listen to them
• They want to have contact with their family
• Need help to talk to social services
• Maybe they are not being treated fairly
• Maybe they experience being bullied
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Parent and Child Fostering Assessments want to make sure you experience the highest standard of fostering experience.
We want to hear from you if you have anything to say, good or bad, about living with our foster carers during parenting assessments.
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