The role
What a foster carer actually does, day to day.
As a foster carer, you provide a home and family for a child whose own family can't care for them right now. Children come into foster care for many reasons – illness, poverty, neglect, or family breakdown. Your job is to give them a safe place, love, and the chance to grow. It's hard work but deeply rewarding.
You'll handle all the normal parenting tasks – making sure they eat well, go to school, see a doctor when needed – and also help them work through tough feelings about what's happened in their life. Some children have been hurt or scared, and they might act out or struggle to trust at first. You'll go to meetings with social workers and teachers, keep good notes about how the child is doing, and stay in touch with their birth family when it's safe and helpful to do so. You need patience, warmth and the ability to stay calm when things are difficult.
Day to day
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