Fostering with Five Rivers

The children and young people with whom we work may come from your local area. They will be paid for and supported by their host authorities, which have a legal obligation to continue their support until they reach the age of 18 years old.

Who Are The Children And Young People?

The children vary in age from very young to 18 years old, girls and boys from a variety of cultures and religions who may be with their brothers and sisters or on their own. Frequently we receive requests for family groups of two, three, four or more to be placed together. Some young women cared for by us have their own babies to care for.

Sometimes a child may need special education or may need to be tutored at home for a while. On occasions, a child may attend our Five Rivers school in Salisbury.

The needs of the children with whom we work vary and are wide ranging.

The young people that we work with are often hurt and distressed and behave in different ways, which challenge the adults who care for them. Foster Carers have to be well trained and supported.

Five Rivers undertakes to ensure that this is so. Children who are placed with foster families always have a substantially different life experience from most children. They are in need of care, tolerance, understanding and firm boundaries.

They need their carers to have the will, stamina and perseverance to work effectively with them. Some of our children have therapy and some of our foster carers who have particularly challenging children receive additional specialist support to help them to do their job.

Five Rivers has intent on providing everything possible to help Foster Carers to do the best job that they can. This means that if you work with us you can expect a shared challenge rather than what can be for some foster carers, a lonely struggle.

We believe that Foster Carers who work with us are colleagues in the common quest to work for children.

We expect a high degree of professionalism from them and therefore the remuneration that we offer our Foster Carers is enhanced. It reflects the quality service that we ask from our carers. Our carers, in turn, ask for a high quality of service from us.

Because of this, you can expect immense job satisfaction. This is the reason for wanting to become a Foster Carer. To be able to work for the care of children and young people who need you is one of the most satisfying things that anyone can do.

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