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Fostering in Barking and Dagenham
Are you thinking about fostering in Barking and Dagenham? Join us at ISP, and begin your therapeutic fostering journey.
Could you foster in Barking and Dagenham?
Are you considering becoming a foster parent or transferring to a fostering agency with over 35 years of experience transforming young lives through therapeutic care? Join our welcoming team today.
From our Enfield office, we provide dedicated support to foster parents and their families across Barking, Chadwell Heath, and Dagenham.
With a consistent ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating for more than 15 years, we are immensely proud of our work in building a therapeutic fostering community that truly changes young lives.
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If you're interested in fostering, then download our information pack to discover everything you need to know about becoming a foster parent with ISP.
Generous allowances and other benefits
Fostering is far from an ordinary job; it requires patience, compassion, and a strong commitment to transforming young lives.
We acknowledge this by providing a generous fostering allowance, along with extra benefits, so you can focus on what matters without financial stress. Plus, you’ll have the chance to increase your allowances by completing our Senior Grade Pathway Programme.
You’ll also enjoy a variety of additional perks, including:
- Allowances for summer activities and holidays
- Funding for school uniforms
- 22 nights of respite care
- Access to discounts via our foster parent rewards platform
- Invitations to local events, activities, and celebrations so you can build connections with other families.
Download our finance guide
Our handy finance guide will help you to understand the ins and outs of fostering finances, including tax, benefits and national insurance.
Why choose ISP?
We believe children should always be at the heart of decisions about their care because their well-being is always our highest priority.
Supporting children’s well-being involves understanding that many young people in care carry the weight of trauma. Trauma can affect every area of their lives, so they need patient, empathetic, and therapeutically trained foster parents to support their healing.
Therapeutic training
For this reason, we’ve created our City & Guilds Therapeutic Pathway Programme. This training is designed to help foster parents understand trauma and apply therapeutic techniques in their daily care.
Specialist support
Sometimes, children in care benefit from additional support from specialist therapists who help them work through their thoughts, feelings and emotions on their road to recovery. As an ISP foster parent, you’ll have access to a professional team offering 24/7 practical and emotional support for your entire family.
If you’re ready to help us create more optimistic futures for children in care through therapeutic fostering and support, we’d be delighted to hear from you.
24/7 Support—Always Within Reach
Fostering is incredibly fulfilling, but it also presents unique challenges.
At ISP, we understand the importance of a strong support network, offering an extensive support package which you can access whenever you need it:
- You’ll have regular meetings with a dedicated social worker who provides essential guidance for both you and the children in your care.
- Our in-house team, comprising therapists, fostering advisors, educational specialists, and other fostering professionals, will be on hand to share their expertise.
- With our 24/7 helpline, help is just a call away—day or night; you’ll always have someone to turn to.
- Foster parent support groups give you the chance to exchange insights, learn from others, and continually enhance your skills.
- You’ll complete our City & Guilds Therapeutic Pathway Programme, with further training to prepare you for every aspect of fostering.
- Each child you care for will receive a tailored therapy programme to support their healing journey.
- Our knowledge hub offers detailed resources on trauma, attachment, PACE parenting, and more, helping you feel ready to meet your child’s needs.
- The I-SPACE hub grants you quick access to policies, handbooks, and essential resources, covering everything from safeguarding to preparing for independent living.
Join us in Barking and Dagenham today
Whether you’re new to fostering or considering joining an agency that deeply understands the unique needs of children in care and provides you with the skills to support them, get in touch with us today.
While we cannot change the past, together, we can help children and young people move forward into futures full of hope, care, and limitless possibilities.
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