Up to £3,000 for you.
Priceless opportunities for our children.
We’re rewarding newly approved foster carers and successful transfers with a bonus of up to £3,000, for giving vulnerable children priceless opportunities to fulfil their potential.
We’re rewarding newly approved foster carers and successful transfers with a bonus of up to £3,000, for giving vulnerable children priceless opportunities to fulfil their potential.
How can you receive the cash bonus?
We are offering up to £3000 to anyone who is successful in becoming a Foster Carer for The Children’s Family Trust.
You will receive a £750 bonus when you become an approved carer, and a further £750–£2,250 bonus following first placement/transfer, depending on experience.
In order to start the process of your application to foster, you must ensure the following:
- You have a spare bedroom
- You are 21+ years old
- You are a full-time resident in the UK
Ready to speak with your local regional team to learn more?
Why foster with us?
Unlike big agencies, we’re a charity dedicated to ensuring the perfect match between carer and child, prioritising the well-being and needs of you and every child in our care. It’s about quality over quantity.
With this in mind, we have the resources to provide ongoing in-house support, guidance, and care for both our carers and our looked after children. This includes our own highly experienced psychotherapist.
Here at The CFT our ethos is ‘family for life’. This represents our commitment to any child within our care, regardless of how long they are looked after by us. The CFT strives to support our fostered child throughout their life, often into adulthood.
Our fostering payments
Fostering is a career and should be treated as such. We believe our carers should benefit financially for everything they do.
- We pay our foster carers a highly competitive rate that is often increased
- £750 bonus when approved as a carer, £750–£2,250 bonus following first placement, depending on experience
- Any travel required regarding your role as a foster carer can be reclaimed in full
- Take advantage of significant tax relief
- Paid respite
- Long-service payments
- Child achievement payments
Support package
We deeply appreciate the dedication our foster carers put into creating a safe and nurturing environment for every child who enters their home. So we’re here to help, every step of the way.
- All carers are linked with an experience Supervising Social Worker – who provides supervision and support for carers and their families
- Supervising Social Workers visit our carers regularly to help and to talk through any problems
- Monthly Foster Carer Support meetings, face-to-face
- We have a 24/7 out-of-hours phone support service so you are always able to speak to a social worker when needed
- We provide regular individual therapeutic consultations with our experienced psychotherapist for all of our foster carers
- Become part of our friendly, local, supportive network, that meet regularly to share information and learn from each other
- Planned days out for fostering families
Foster carer training
Our mission is to create a lasting, positive impact for the children and carers we support across the UK.
We provide our foster carers with the skills and resources needed to offer therapeutic care, helping them make a meaningful difference in a child’s life.
- Skills 2 Foster
- Therapeutic Reflection Consultations
- De-Esculation Training
- Diversity in Practice
- First Aid
- Loss and Bereavement Training
- Safeguarding & Child Protection Training
And many more optional courses…
Placements that suit you
If you’re considering becoming a foster carer, it’s important to understand the different types of fostering. Speak to us about your requirements and we can advise what is right for you.
- Short break
- Short-term
- Long-term
- Short notice
- Parent & Child
- Staying Put
Make a Be the difference
Make a Be the difference
We need you. There is currently an acute national shortage of foster carers, which is impacting the ability of all UK agencies and local authorities to find suitable families for our most vulnerable children.
There is no better time to support The Children’s Family Trust with our mission to ensure every child has the right to a safe and caring home; a nurturing environment within which they can be free to dream their dreams, develop their talents, achieve their potential and enjoy their lives to the full.
children are in foster care across England and Wales
children ceased to be looked after
of children looked after live with foster carers
Get to know The Children's Family Trust
Get to know The Children's Family Trust
We are an independent fostering charity with almost 80 years of experience.
We aim to achieve stability and security for our children and young people, helping them to develop their talents and skills, achieve their potential and make the most of the opportunities available to them.
Are you ready to provide priceless opportunities?
Are you ready to provide priceless opportunities?
If you’re considering becoming a Foster Carer and you want to receive up to £3,000 as a bonus upon becoming an approved carer with us – then get in touch via the form.
Be sure to share your accurate location so your local team can support you with any questions you may have.
If you are being referred by an existing CFT Foster Carer, please reference their name in the relevant field.
We look forward to hearing from you!