South East Times Mar. 2015 | Page 12

Page 12. South East Times. Issue 65 The Benefits of Fostering Supported Fostering Services Every 22 minutes a child comes into care and needs a foster family. With more foster carers urgently needed, we’re asking you to find time to care... We are inspected and approved by the consortium of London Boroughs under the regulations of the Pan London Contract. We are also registered with Ofsted in England and with the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW). Ofsted rated SFS as ‘Outstanding’ in our latest Inspection Report (2013). ‘The quality of care is exceptional; children and young people are thriving within safe, loving households following excellent matching practice.’ Ofsted 2011 With offices in Kent, Essex, north London, south London and Cardiff SFS offer carers and local authorities the best of both worlds. A fostering agency small enough to offer a personal tailor made service and a fostering agency large enough to offer the support you need. Local Authority Placement Teams can access our Live Placement Database for daily updated fostering availability. In the interests of confidentiality access to this part of our web site is restricted. To obtain a user name and password email [email protected] Our Mission: ‘We work in partnership with Foster Carers and Local Authorities to enable children and young people to grow, develop and achieve their full potential within a stable, caring family environment.’ Chrysalis Care - transf orming lives for the better Since 1997, Chrysalis Care have created better lives for children and young people by providing outstanding foster family homes. The benefits of fostering are clear, whether a child is placed long or short term, being placed with the right family, when they need it most, can make all the difference to the life experience of a child or young person and can help to transform their lives. A foster family can offer a child or young person stability, consistency, boundaries and space to grow and express who they are in a To find out more, visit www.chrysaliscarefostering.org, read about us at www.chrysaliscarefosteringexcellence.wordpress.com, follow us at https://www.facebook.com/pages/ Chrysalis-Care-Fostering-Agency/112476755452103 https://twitter.com/ChrysalisCare safe place, which for many children and young people who are looked after, is invaluable. As an Ofsted rated ‘outstanding’ organisation, we know that without our diverse foster carer team, we could not fulfil our ethos of transforming the lives of children and young people, so we actively invest in recruiting, assessing and training our foster carers to provide the care that is needed. Children come into the care system for all sorts of reasons, with needs that are individual to their experiences, so we need foster carers from a range of cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds, mixed age groups and both single people and couples. If you want to know more about becoming a fully trained foster carer, receiving 24 hour support and full training, have a spare room and also room in your life to offer a child or young person, we are waiting to hear from you and to answer your queries. If you want to make a difference and also to benefit from a positive life change, please call 0208 2982800, or email [email protected].