If it’s not safe to live at home, or if your parent(s) have passed away, you will live with a foster family. There are lots of reasons why some children live in foster care. You will get to know your reason by talking to your social worker. They will help you understand. We want you to remember it’s not your fault or something you have done.

We will make sure you have the best foster care if you cannot live with your birth parents. This means we will make sure you are:

• Healthy
• Safe
• Can achieve well at school and enjoy activities that you like to do

We will help you stay in touch with birth families (where possible) in a way that keeps you safe.

We will carefully match you with carers that can look after you the best – (such as they know about your religion or have lots of knowledge about areas of special needs).

We will help you to have your say in decisions which affect you.

We will help you to express your wishes and feelings about your foster care and this will help us make sure you get the right care to meet your needs.

We will ask you how things are going in your foster home and if you have any worries we will help you sort them out.