Foster carers, teachers and social workers and others involved with helping young people within - or who have just left the care system - were thanked by those they have helped by at a special awards event.
Wirral is part of Foster4, a collaborative fostering recruitment hub in the North West, urgently looking to recruit foster carers in Cheshire and Merseyside.
Children aged three and over are often classed as “older children” in the world of adoption. This means they tend to wait some of the longest times to be placed with their adoptive families. Learn more about adopting in Merseyside.
This week (4-10 March) is LGBT+ Adoption and Fostering week. It’s a week to celebrate those who have gone through the process and to raise awareness for those wanting to adopt or foster.
Adoption in Merseyside has found families for over 380 children in the past 5 years. However, there are currently 55 children in Merseyside still waiting for an adoptive family.
Eight north west local authorities have secured over £2.3million in Department for Education (DfE) funding to transform fostering recruitment and retention across Cheshire and Merseyside.
Neil is a recruitment support worker in the Wirral fostering team. Here he talks about the different types of fostering placements that could suit you…
