Welcome to Suffolk Fostering Service

Thank you for taking the time to have a look at this site. We hope the following pages give you enough information about fostering in Suffolk to decide whether this could be for you. Once you have read through these pages, if you would like more information, and feel ready to take the next step please contact the
Fostering Recruitment & Assessment Team on 0800 328 2148. You can also follow the Suffolk Fostering Service on Facebook.

Fostering for Suffolk County Council

Today in Suffolk we have over 740 children in care and simply not enough foster carers for all the children and young people who need them. By becoming a carer for Suffolk County Council you could make a positive difference to the lives of a local child and their family. Suffolk Fostering Service is responsible for providing foster care for all Suffolk children in care. Foster carers provide a stable family home to help children to develop and succeed.

Urgent Appeal

If you are looking for a new challenge, have the patience flexibility and desire to support young people in care and have the space in your home to help keep brothers and sisters together then Suffolk Fostering Service would like to hear from you.

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What is fostering?

Fostering is family care for children and young people who cannot live with their own families for various reasons. Fostered children may stay in touch with their own family and return to live with them. However, some need foster care for longer.

Suffolk Fostering Service Mission Statement

Suffolk County Council Fostering Service aims to provide a high quality, safe, flexible family placement service. The Fostering Service has a range of family placement options throughout Suffolk to meet the diverse range of needs presented by children who are unable to live with their families.

Children and young people who are placed in foster care should experience it positively. A young person’s experience in foster care should contribute to their overall sense of well being. Suffolk County Council’s Fostering Service will work with our foster carers and the children in our care to help them achieve their full potential in a nurturing stable environment.
Sue Lowndes, Head of Fostering.

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