How to Apply?
If you’re interested in fostering, you can complete our online enquiry form, and a member of Newham’s Fostering Recruitment Team will be in touch shortly.
Who can apply?
We do not discriminate based on age, gender, religion, culture, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. Fostering is a role that fits in with family life. You can be at home full time and foster a baby; you can be employed and foster a child at primary school or a teenager.
To foster a child with Newham Council’s Fostering Service we want to hear from people who are:
· over the age of 21
· married, in a civil partnership, single, divorced or living with their partner
· from any cultural, ethnic, religious or social background
· heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bi-sexual or transgender
· living within a reasonable commuting distance from Newham
· renting or a homeowner with enough space to accommodate a child
· in good health
· a parent or not, although it is useful if they have some experience of what it means to care for a child.
Smoking
Children less than five years old or with specific health needs will not be placed with carers who smoke.
Children aged 5+ may occasionally be placed with carers who smoke, but we expect the carer, or member of the household who smokes, to only smoke outside of the home. This is because of the serious health issues for all children from passive smoking.
