Your Home
A child or young person coming to live with you needs to feel that you have the time and energy to care for them and that there is space that they can use as their own. Ideally, any children you are fostering should have their own room. Where this is not possible it is important that they have space that they can clearly see as their own.
You need to be able to travel to attend meetings, to help the child participate in activities and where appropriate to maintain links in their own home area. You therefore need to have your own transport or have readily available access to public transport.
Angus Council does not set precise household standards for carers but we do expect carer’s homes to be safe, reasonably clean and to meet basic health and safety standards. Foster carer’s must have a telephone.
If you enjoy looking after children and/or young people, and feel that you have both the time and space in your home to offer support to someone that really needs it, please get in touch with us.
Further information about the different types of Foster Care that are available are described in the next section - Options in Foster Care.