Whilst money shouldn’t be your biggest motivator for fostering, we know it is a factor when considering a professional role, and fostering is no exception.
Fostering allowances vary greatly depending on:
evolve’s minimum fostering allowance is £460 per child per week and can increase to up to £950 if you care for a parent and child fostering arrangement.
The government website states that the minimum foster care allowance ‘to cover the cost of caring for a child… is usually between £165 and £289 a week.' (May 2025)
However, on average, evolve Foster Parent’s earn around £675 per week per child.
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Even though foster parents are self-employed, you still receive a range of benefits whilst working with evolve, including:
Support all day, all year
Monthly reflective practice
Individual and personalised monthly reflective practise and clinical drop-ins
Supervising social worker with a protected caseload
Our Supervising Social Workers have a protected caseload of 7 families, meaning more immediate, personable responses.
Unrivalled fostering allowance
of up to £950 per child per week
Recommendation scheme
Payment of £1500
Bespoke 12-month training and personal development plan
21 respite days
Paid if not used
First access to the fostering festival FOSTival
FosterTalk membership
A relaxed, no-pressure conversation with someone who actually knows the answers. No obligation, and no hard sell.