Your marital status, age, sexuality and, home owner status do not determine your suitability as a foster carer.

We truly believe the most important criteria for becoming a therapeutic foster carer with Chrysalis is to be open minded, compassionate, have a sense of humour, have resilience and the ability to provide a safe and loving home. 

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To begin your fostering application with Chrysalis you must meet the following criteria:

Meet the Minimum Age

You must be over 23 years old

Housing

You must have a spare bedroom

UK Resident

You must have the right to live and work in the UK

Be Passionate!

You must be passionate about making a positive difference to a child or young persons life.
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What Types Of Placements?

We provide single or sibling foster placements with families across Yorkshire and Derbyshire. We provide care for children from 0 up to 18 years of age.

Placements may be short or long term and include:

  • Short term placements where the carer works with the social care team towards a specific goal, such as the child returning to their birth family or onto adoption.

  • Permanent placements where a child stays with the foster carer(s) until they have grown up.

  • Emergency placements where a child comes to you at very short notice.
  • Bridging placements where a child is waiting for a more permanent placement (such as adoption) to be found for them.

We will provide planned breaks for our carers, from within our pool of foster carers.

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The Process in 4 Easy Steps

Children who live in foster care deserve more than good enough parenting, so we make sure that our recruitment of foster carers is as safe as can be. If you want to foster with Chrysalis you will be supported through a thorough assessment, approval and matching process.

  • You contact us to let us know you are interested in fostering with Chrysalis. We talk on the phone and visit you at home. If both sides agree, we invite you to fill in our application form.
  • Your worker undertakes a full fostering assessment with you. The assessment is based on evidence, and checks and references are taken up. You will also receive 3 days Skills to Foster Training pre approval.
  • You are invited to attend Chrysalis’s independent fostering panel. The panel is a group of independent professionals that will talk to you, considers the report of your fostering assessment and make a recommendation to the Agency Decision Maker as whether to approve you as foster carers.
  • Once you are approved we look for a fostered child who is the right match for you, and carefully plan your first placement.
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What Our Carers Say…

"Our fostering community is about a whole team approach to caring for vulnerable children. An approach where we are supported by professionals, provided with respite and offered a high standard of training. For the children it means people who really know & understand them. There’s a true sense of belonging for the whole family in our fostering community – we feel valued and enjoy being a part of it. "

Becky , Therapeutic Foster Carer

"I am proud to be a part of Chrysalis, I find the team supportive and caring. I liked the response that I received and the approach of the first person that I spoke to when I first enquired. I feel like I belong at Chrysalis! I love the agency!"

Lesley, Therapeutic Foster Carer

"My experience with the agency has been far beyond positive. Working along with such a positive team, from management down the line. The acting social workers are always there to help and support myself and my foster child through our journey."

Eni, Therapeutic Foster Carer

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