About Foster Care Services

Foster Care Services North West was established in October 1998. Since its inception the agency has been at the forefront of innovative developments in professional practice, and continues to pre-empt and meet the challenges of an ever-changing social childcare world. We have placed the interests of the children themselves, together with their professional carers, at the centre of our operations.

We believe, too, that our reputation and our achievements are recognised by Local Authorities within the North West, and beyond. Inspite of an increasing number of fostering agencies being established within the region, our referrals have always remained buoyant; the number of different Local Authorities using us has significantly increased, whilst our longstanding links with several others has continued and been strengthened. These facts have enabled us to expand our operations in a measured way to meet the need, but in such a way as to maintain our commitment to the high standards and quality of service we set out to deliver. We have a steady number of prospective carers applying to join us, and we have every reason to be optimistic about the future of our agency. The new inspection regimes are now well established and we have enjoyed two extremely positive inspection reports from The Commission. To the best of our knowledge, we continue to employ the highest number of qualified Social Workers in relation to the number of our Foster Carers and children placed with us in comparison with any other agency, either locally or nationally.

At the same time there is increasing competition and no room for complacency. We remain committed to improving what we do and to develop new partnerships and projects with Local Authorities as they too face new challenges and expectations. We welcome any further enquiries about our agency and hope that this brochure provides helpful information about our present services.