SERVICE DETAILS
Barnardo's Scotland Fostering provides foster placements and child therapeutic services to children and young people with a range of additional support needs. This includes Emergency, Bridge (short term) and Permanent (Long term) Fostering as well as short-breaks. We also provide continuing care placements.
Ever thought about fostering?
You could give a home to a vulnerable child when they need it most. It’s about giving them a safe, secure place to live for a few weeks, months or even years.
Fostering is a really important role that can get a child through a difficult time. Your love and support can make a huge difference to their life – and to yours.
And you won't be alone: we will give you all the specialist support you need.
We believe you can foster
If you live in Edinburgh or South East Scotland and are interested in fostering a child, we're here to help.
Our team of dedicated social workers will support you throughout the whole of your fostering journey.
The rewards are huge. Knowing you've made a difference to a vulnerable child's life is something that will stay with you forever.
Fostering is a way of providing a family life and home for children who cannot live with their own parents.
There are many different reasons why families start to foster but they all have one thing in common – a wish to make a difference to the lives of children and young people in care. It takes very special people to foster and we believe you can have an important part to play in helping transform a child’s life.
All kinds of children need loving foster carers, including:
- Children aged 0-18 years, but primarily children over the age of five
- Children from a BAME background
- Brothers and sisters
- Disabled children
Get in touch...
We can talk you through the fostering process and answer all your questions.
- Fill in our simple online form at https://www.barnardos.org.uk/foster/edinburgh
- Call us on 0131 446 7000
- Email us at familyplacementservice@barnardos.org.uk
- Visit our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/fosterandadoptscotland)
- Write to us at Barnardo’s Scotland Fostering Edinburgh, 111 Oxgangs Road North, Edinburgh, EH14 1ED
We have a focus on matching children who may need extra care and support from a foster family.
