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Parental Assessing Carer

Become a foster carer

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.

About PACFA

Join our fostering agency

  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.  

Can I foster?

 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 


Think you have what it takes?

 Enquire about this model of fostering today and take your first step towards becoming a parent and child foster carer. 

Get in touch

Fostering children information

 

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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Know your rights and how to make a complaint or a compliment

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.

It is important that you know that:

You have the right to be safe, secure and protected

You have the right for adults to listen to you and treat you fairly and equally

You have the right for adults to listen to you and treat you fairly and equally

You have the right for adults to listen to you and treat you fairly and equally

You have the right for adults to listen to you and treat you fairly and equally

You have the right for adults to listen to you and treat you fairly and equally

You have the right for information, advice, healthcare and an education

You have the right for adults to listen to you and treat you fairly and equally

You have the right for information, advice, healthcare and an education

You have the right to enjoy your religion or culture

You have the right to special help if you have a disability

You have the right for information, advice, healthcare and an education

You have the right to special help if you have a disability

You have the right to special help if you have a disability

You have the right to special help if you have a disability

If you feel your needs are not being met, then tell us.

Contact us

Making a complaint

When you arrive at your foster family, you will be given a complaint form so that you know how to contact us if things are not right for you. If you want to make a complaint, we will:

When you arrive at your foster family, you will be given a complaint form so that you know how to contact us if things are not right for you. If you want to make a complaint, we will:

When you arrive at your foster family, you will be given a complaint form so that you know how to contact us if things are not right for you. If you want to make a complaint, we will:

Take your complaint seriously

When you arrive at your foster family, you will be given a complaint form so that you know how to contact us if things are not right for you. If you want to make a complaint, we will:

When you arrive at your foster family, you will be given a complaint form so that you know how to contact us if things are not right for you. If you want to make a complaint, we will:

Deal with it promptly

When you arrive at your foster family, you will be given a complaint form so that you know how to contact us if things are not right for you. If you want to make a complaint, we will:

Keep you informed with progress

Keep you informed with progress

Tell you what we’ve done to make sure you are happy moving forward.

Keep you informed with progress

Try to find out what went wrong and why

Tell you what we’ve done to make sure you are happy moving forward.

Tell you what we’ve done to make sure you are happy moving forward.

Tell you what we’ve done to make sure you are happy moving forward.

Tell you what we’ve done to make sure you are happy moving forward.

Tell you what we’ve done to make sure you are happy moving forward.

If you are worried about anything, please don’t be afraid to speak out. There are lots of people who care about you and want to help. Talk to your foster carer, your social worker, or any other adult you trust.

If you are worried about anything, please don’t be afraid to speak out. There are lots of people who care about you and want to help. Talk to your foster carer, your social worker, or any other adult you trust.

If you are worried about anything, please don’t be afraid to speak out. There are lots of people who care about you and want to help. Talk to your foster carer, your social worker, or any other adult you trust.

Take your first step towards fostering

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