Allowances, recognition and rewards
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Allowances
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:
- Which fostering service you foster for
- The child in your care’s age
- The needs of the child
- Where you live
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.
However, on average, evolve Foster Parent’s earn around £675 per week per child.
Enquire about transferring
Send us your details and one of our experienced fostering advisors will be in touch to arrange a time for an informal chat and discuss the next steps.
Other benefits of working with evolve
Even though foster parents are self-employed, you’re still entitled to other benefits whilst working with evolve, including:
- Support all day, all year
- Individual and personalised monthly reflective practice and monthly clinical drop-ins
- Supervising Social Worker with a protected case load of 7 families, meaning more immediate, personable responses
- Annual Dinner Dance
- 21 respite days (paid if not used)
- Bespoke 12-month training and Personal Development Plan
- Recommendation scheme payment of £1500
- FosterTalk Membership
- First access to the fostering festival FOSTival
- Participation events for children and young people in your care with The Young Lives Foundation
'We have never come across a fostering service that is as committed to doing the absolute best for children and their Foster Parents as evolve.'
(E- School teacher)
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