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You can transfer from a Fostering Agency or another Local Authority
A foster carer can choose to transfer to a different fostering service for a number of reasons.
THIS MAY BE BECAUSE…
Sometimes foster carers move to a new area. It’s always easier to take care of a child who is based closer to the area the carer lives.
They feel the training they are receiving from their current service doesn't make them feel valued and supported.
The carer will benefit more from a local authority’s support offer, including in-house therapeutic direction.
At Barking and Dagenham we welcome experienced foster carers to apply to foster with our service.
You may wish to become a remand carer, a Mockingbird Hub Home Carer, you may wish to foster Parents & Children, or maybe wish to just foster for your local authority.
Whatever your motivation, we will listen to your reason to transfer, and support you to the best of our ability, making the transition to our local authority a smooth and supported one.
Moving services is a big decision and shouldn’t be undertaken lightly, especially if there are children in placement with the foster carer.
Foster carers should investigate any new fostering service carefully, and they should also be aware that moving to another fostering service usually requires a repeat of their approval and assessment process which can take several months.
All foster carers have the right to freedom of movement between fostering services.
Fostering services should not persuade foster carers to transfer to a new service in order to ensure the continuation of a child’s placement with them.
Planning for a movement from one service to another must be child-centred and allow for the child or young person to have their views heard.
A foster carer cannot be approved by more than one fostering service at the same time, and so they must not be approved by the fostering service to which they are transferring before the date that their previous approval ends.
Wherever a carer lives in the UK, the way in which fostering services should manage the movement of foster carers is guided by a transfer protocol.
Please know, should you decide to transfer to us, we will support you throughout the process.