Assuming that your background check and references are considered satisfactory, then your fostering assessment will be presented to our foster care panel with a recommendation.  The panel will be made up of independent members from a variety of backgrounds who have relevant experience in fostering.

After meeting with you, the panel will make a recommendation to the Agency Decision Maker (ADM) about whether you should be approved to become a foster carer. The ADM will consider everything and make a final decision.

You shouldn’t worry at this stage; we wouldn’t recommend you if we didn’t already believe you would make a great foster carer!