The Fostering Network’s Fostering Friendly Employers scheme offers businesses of any size a chance to make a difference for foster carers and the children they care for in their local communities while improving support for their own employees.
The Fostering Friendly Employer Scheme is a commitment by employers to provide additional support to employees who are foster carers. This includes offering flexible working arrangements, additional leave and a supportive work environment that understands the unique challenges foster carers may face.
Benefits to employers
Enhanced Employee Engagement: Becoming a Fostering Friendly Employer can help engage, inform, and inspire your employees. It fosters a sense of community and social responsibility within the workplace.
Improved Staff Wellbeing: By supporting foster carers, employers can better understand and support their employees’ needs, leading to improved staff wellbeing.
Attractive Employer for Foster Carers: Foster carers are resilient, committed, and skilled professionals. Being a Fostering Friendly Employer makes your company attractive to these individuals. Nearly 40% of foster carers combine fostering with other work. Those who do, tell us a supportive employer can make all the difference.
Positive Impact on the Local Community: Employers play a vital role in recruiting and supporting foster carers, which has a significant impact on children in the local community.
Celebration of Foster Care: Employers share in the celebration of foster care and the vital role it has in transforming children’s lives. Every year, a Fostering Friendly employer is presented with a prestigious Fostering Excellence Award.
Why join the scheme
By joining the Fostering Friendly Employer Scheme, your company demonstrates our commitment to social responsibility and the well-being of our employees. We believe that by supporting foster carers, we are contributing to a better future for children and families in our community.
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