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May
Five benefits of becoming a foster carer with Aspris
Fostering is a life-changing decision for you and the child or children you foster. It’s a wonderful opportunity to change a child or young person’s life, providing them with support, comfort and stability.
If you’re thinking about fostering for the first time, it can be a daunting process and difficult to know where to begin. At Aspris Fostering Services, we’re here to support you through every step, and have an experienced community of foster carers who can also provide you with guidance.
However, if you’re an experienced foster carer who’s looking to move to a friendly, supportive and fun agency, we’d love to also welcome you.
In this blog, we’ve highlighted five of the benefits we know our current foster carers appreciate whilst being part of our fostering agency.
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Full support from our team and carers
We have a dedicated and experienced team of colleagues at Aspris, who are always prepared to help with any questions you may have. This support is 24/7, and we aim to create a safe, judgement-free space to chat with us.
Our community of foster carers are also super supportive. We like to celebrate successes, chat about experiences, and offer guidance when needed. Each new foster carer or foster family has a dedicated mentor family to further support them.
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Clear communication
Whether it’s a phone call, message or our newsletter, we do what we can to keep in touch and help you feel supported.
At Aspris we encourage positive relationships with other foster carers so you’re surrounded by like-minded people with similar experiences. With our newsletter, you can keep up-to-date with what’s going on across our community and learn more about Aspris and our fostering team.
We also organise coffee mornings for foster carers, which you can come along to for a chat, to ask questions, or just to have some coffee and cake.
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An inclusive environment
Anyone can be a foster carer, and our foster carers at Aspris encompass a variety of ethnicities, faiths, ages, backgrounds and experiences. We all have a drive to champion children in common!
We support our families with events and celebrations for so many occasions throughout the year, and we’re always keen to support each person as an individual. Each special moment in our families’ lives is special to us too.
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A wide range of resources
Aspris Fostering Services is part of a wider group of children’s services, which includes specialist education and care. Our wider team of over 3,000 colleagues means we have access to specialists and experts in areas such as safeguarding, autism, trauma, education and more.
Foster carers are also able to access therapeutic support and training with our dedicated Psychotherapist.
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Fun!
Fostering, like life, has its highs and lows, and we love to help create some of the happy memories in life. We facilitate events and activities throughout the year, such as multi-faith celebrations, summer family fun events, tickets to events which include your wider family, and birthday celebrations.
We invest in you and your whole household to help create special memories, taking the worry of affording these precious moments away.
We also celebrate with an annual awards event!
If you’d like to learn more about fostering with Aspris, and hear what other carers have to say, click here.