Islington Fostering

the islington fostering service supports foster carers to look after local children and young people. fostering is caring for someone else’s child in your own home. foster carers look after babies, children and young people who are often distressed about being separated from their family. in islington there is the need for foster carers for all age groups as well as specialist carers for young people with challenging behaviour. specialist fostering caring for a young person with complex and challenging needs you will be required to provide a safe, stable and supportive environment. you will ideally have experience of working with teenagers and an understanding of challenging behaviour and the difficulties young people face. you’ll get an enhanced reward and ongoing training. you’ll have to be available full-time and you must not have any other person under 16 living in the household. carers will receive monthly clinical and group supervision and 24 hour specialist support as well