UK's First Therapeutic Fostering Agency
Established over 35 years ago, we were the UK's first independent fostering agency and pioneers of therapeutic foster care.
Find your local ISP foster care services
As the UK’s first independent foster care agency, we have 12 local fostering centres across England all rated as 'Outstanding' or 'Good' by Ofsted. To find a your local foster care services pop your postcode in below.
- 12 centres nationwide
- All rated 'Outstanding' or 'Good' by Ofsted
- Therapeutic fostering solutions
A Circle of Specialist Support
Working with children and young people with complex needs, we surround families with a highly trained professional team as well as in-house therapeutic fostering services, to ensure they're fully supported at every step.
Offering a blanket of friendly and non-judgemental support, we help foster parents understand and change behaviour, giving them the opportunity to achieve positive outcomes.
Over 35 years' experience
Established in 1987, we were the first private fostering agency in the UK.
Wrap-around support package
A professional team of social workers, therapists, educational experts and fostering advisors.
Excellent allowances and benefits
Receive up to £584 per week for each child or young person in your care, plus additional allowances. £636 per week if you're based in London.
Experts in therapeutic foster care
We pioneered therapeutic fostering over 35 years' ago to help children and young people in care with complex needs.
Ongoing professional development
Access to first-class foster care training including specialist courses and professional qualifications.
22 nights respite
Receive up to 22 nights' respite per year to give you time to relax and unwind.
What makes us different?
Founded by foster parents, we understand the challenges our team face and have developed fostering solutions that ensure every foster family receives the professional support, training and services they need.
Professional development opportunities
Our aim is to help our foster parents become as knowledgeable as possible because that improves the experiences of the children and young people in their care.
As well as ongoing specialist courses, such as Autism Awareness, Theraplay and Foetal Alcohol Syndrome, there's also an opportunity to gain professional qualifications, including an NVQ3 or QCF level 3 in Health & Social Care.
Great allowance & rewards
We offer a competitive weekly foster care allowance of up to £33,091 per child each year. This helps to cover the cost of fostering a child as well as provide you with a professional fee for all your hard work and dedication.
We also pay additional allowances to go towards holidays, summer activities and school uniforms and you'll have access to our rewards platform, where you can find hundreds of discounts for family days out, shops, restaurants and more.
Providing fun family experience discounts
Get hundreds of incredible discounts on family experiences, shops and restaurants across the UK.
"It sometimes takes the ISP community to raise a child"
We founded therapeutic fostering over 35 years ago and have been transforming children's lives ever since.
As a foster parent, there are many ways you can make a difference. You can welcome lots of children into your home with short-term fostering and respite, or care for a small number of children over many years with long-term foster care.
Find out how you can join our fostering family today...
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