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Fostering in Aberdeen Foster Carers

Fostering in Aberdeen?

Are you interested in becoming a foster carer?

Want help to take the next step?

We provide comprehensive information about foster care and help you to reduce the risk of you choosing the wrong fostering agency.

Agencies.

One of our social work experts will match you and your situation with the most suitable fostering agencies in Aberdeen, on our UK Independent Agency Database.

Different types – fostering allowances, pay, children, babies.

Just like people, Fostering Agencies are not all the same. They have different support, allowances, quality of training, and access to respite care and support groups.

Not all agencies foster babies, some prefer to look after teenagers, some agencies expect you to be at home full time, others are happy if you have another job.

Become an Aberdeen foster carer – Let’s get together.

To find out more and to take the next step towards a career as a foster carer, use our no obligation, free agency matching service by completing our online fostering eligibility quiz, and;

Get fostering right first time!

Fostering Statistics: Scotland

Total Children in Care, Scotland 2020
Foster Care Placements, Scotland 2020

The following statistics are from the total number of children in care in Scotland, and not exclusively those in Foster Care.

Children with disability : 1381
10%

No Data Found

No Data Found

Popular placement types: Scotland does not keep statistics on the number of asylum seekers it supports. A large proportion of children have a white ethnic background. However, many childrens’ ethnic background has been recorded as unknown.

Related Areas

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What Could You Earn?

Being a foster carer is not only an ethical career, it's also financially rewarding. Our calculators estimate what you could be earning.

Free Matching Service?

If you meet the UK criteria to foster. we will match you with a local Fostering Agency and ask them to call you.
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UK Wide Fostering Network

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If you live in the UK… We’ve got you covered.
We cover the length and breadth of the UK with our unique Agency Network. Finding an Agency near you and supporting your move into foster caring.

 

Did you Know - Aberdeen Foster Carers?

Aberdeen Harbour Board, established in 1136, is Britain’s oldest business, Aberdonian Astronomer Sir David Gill took the first successful photograph of a comet in 1882 and more medieval coin hoards have been found in Aberdeen than anywhere else in Britain.

Aberdeen Football Club has been in existence since 1903, Denis Law, Scotland’s joint top goal scorer, is an Aberdonian and Aberdeen has won the Britain in Bloom contest a record number of times.

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