Transfer Fostering Agency

If you are already a Foster Carer with another agency you can transfer to foster with us, please complete our short form. We aim to ‘fast track,’ your application if you are already an approved foster carer.

Here are some of the benefits of existing foster carers becoming Waltham Forest foster carers:

  • Our offer which includes payment of up to £554 per week (or will match your weekly allowance for Waltham Forest child placements if it is more) and up to 66 per cent discount off your Council Tax bill when you join us, if you are a Waltham Forest resident, or an annual payment toward your Council Tax if you live outside of the Borough, a free parking permit if you live within a controlled parking zone in Waltham Forest and a great support network of Waltham Forest foster carers offering friendship and learning.
  • We have a large number of looked after children in Waltham Forest. This means if you join us you are more likely to have higher occupancy levels and less time between placements.
  • You can choose from more training courses including virtual reality films, to improve your skills and build your career.
  • You will work directly with experienced professionals in a single children's services department. This means a holistic approach to care with quicker and smoother access to services benefitting both yourself and the children you care for.
  • If you live in Waltham Forest or a neighbouring Borough, we are on your doorstep. This gives you easy access to support and training as well as local schools and meetings for the children you care for.
  • Waltham Forest Council do not make any profit from fostering. We are dedicated to achieving the best care for our children. 
  • The opportunity to benefit from the Fostering Network Mockingbird model. The programme uses the concept of a constellation, where six to ten satellite families live in close proximity to a dedicated hub home which provides peer support, planned and emergency respite care and regular social activities. The aim is for the hub to replicate the variations of types of families and age ranges of children that operate within an average extended family. The Mocking Bird Family Model helps to take good care of the people who take care of vulnerable children and young people.

Read more about why you should foster for your local council. Enquire now.

We will aim to fast track your application if you are an existing carer with or without children placed.

We will accept you with children placed by other authorities for the length of their placement. All transfers will follow the Fostering Network Transfer protocol. 

To transfer to us please call 020 8496 3437, email us or register online to discuss your individual circumstances.

Girl on swing

One of the reasons we transferred from an Independent Fostering Agency to Waltham Forest, is that the support is good. The young people we care for now have social workers who work alongside our supervising social worker and the Virtual School.

Sandra and Lee, Waltham Forest Foster Carers

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Up to 

£554

per week

Up to 

66%

off your Council Tax

 

24/7

Support