Happy carers mean happy children!
Choosing the right fostering agency is one of the biggest decisions you'll make as a prospective foster carer. At Olive Branch Fostering, we're committed to providing exceptional support, expert guidance and a welcoming community that helps both foster carers and children flourish. We're proud to be rated Outstanding by Ofsted, giving you confidence that you'll be joining an agency recognised for the quality of its care and support.
The role of a foster carer is the most rewarding job you will ever do, and we will ensure that you are fully supported during your journey as a foster carer. We do everything we can for our foster carers and children. That's why we offer the following...
Friendly advice and support whenever you need it, day or night.
Your supervising social worker will be with you every step of the way.
Training that helps you grow in confidence and develop new skills.
Competitive allowances so you can focus on the children in your care.
Join a welcoming fostering family where you're never on your own.
Helping children feel safe, supported and able to thrive.
When you foster with Olive Branch, you'll receive:
Our support extends beyond our foster carers.
We work with children and young people to help them succeed at school, build confidence and enjoy positive experiences. This includes educational support, activities, achievement awards, life story work and opportunities to develop new skills. Every child is treated as an individual and encouraged to reach their full potential.
Fostering is a rewarding role, but it's one that comes with challenges. That's why we invest in our carers from day one.
Our training programme covers the skills and knowledge you'll need before your first placement and continues throughout your fostering career, helping you build confidence as your experience grows.
Ofsted is the independent regulator of fostering agencies in England, and Outstanding is the highest rating an agency can receive.
Our Outstanding judgement reflects the quality of support we provide to our foster carers, the care children receive and the positive outcomes they achieve. When you foster with Olive Branch, you can feel confident that you'll be joining an agency recognised for putting children first while supporting you every step of the way.
Whether you're exploring fostering for the first time or thinking about transferring from another agency, we'd love to answer your questions.
The best interests of the child will always remain at the forefront of our provision and service delivery, ensuring safeguarding and individuality. Development of the child conforms to Every Child Matters criterion, and this is evidenced routinely between the foster carer and the child/young person. We offer the following support to children in our care:
Educational support
Support visits with a supervising social worker
Life Story/memory books
Record keeping and advancement monitoring
School trips and days out
Children’s form to discuss their placement and foster care in general
Activities outside of school, e.g., classes to learn new skills
Annual achievement awards recognising each child individually for their achievements in the year
Savings scheme- £10 per week while they are placed with us
Supervised contact when commissioned by the placing authority, and a dedicated support worker.
If you've been thinking about fostering, reach out to us to talk about taking the first step. We're waiting for someone exactly like you!
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Every year thousands of new foster carers are needed to care for the increasing number of vulnerable children coming into care in the UK.
If you are caring, patient and friendly, you’ll likely be able to handle the role of a foster carer well.
Here at Olive Branch, we understand that fostering can be pretty demanding at times and is a full-time commitment; that’s why we pay our foster carers a generous fostering allowance that helps to support the foster child and acts as a reward for the carer, so they can focus on giving their foster child the best possible care.
