Fostering

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Fostering is a means of providing family based care for children who are unable to live with their own families. While some children return to their own parents from short term foster care, others will be unable to go home and will move on to either permanent fostering or adoption.

Renfrewshire Council relies on the services of foster carers to provide homes for around 150 children and young people. Part of the success in recruiting carers is in acknowledging that not all carers wish to offer the same kind of family placement.

Foster care is now viewed as an alternative form of employment for many families and Renfrewshire fostering services financially rewards its carers.

You can get more information on fostering by using the Frequently asked Questions box at the top of the page. You can also contact us for advice in the following ways.

• email: childcare@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• telephone: 0141 842 5159
• or write to us at:
• Renfrewshire Fostering and Adoption Services
  3rd Floor
  Renfrewshire House
  Cotton Street
  Paisley
  PA1 1TZ