Our Services
What We Offer at Flourish
Flourish Fostering an independent fostering organisation rated outstanding by Ofsted. Foster organisations such as Flourish, have been used by local authorities for over 30 years to provide suitable families for children and young people.
There is currently a shortage of up to 8,000 Foster Parents UK-wide and independent fostering organisations, such as Flourish, play a vital role in providing much needed safe, secure and dependable homes for children and young people.
At Flourish, we go one step beyond; all of our Foster Parents receive training to care for children therapeutically; helping them to care with a much deeper understanding of how childhood trauma impacts on a young person, and the results are truly inspiring.
On Hand to Offer Guidance in Your Time As a Foster Parent
That’s why more and more people choose to foster with us and why so many of our Foster Parents stay; because of the unique relationship that we share with them.
Our support and training are exemplary and when you foster with us, you become part of the organisation, and that means that we’re on hand to offer any advice, guidance, or support that you need, when you need it where our support is available 24/7, 365 days a year.
Our training is our speciality. We have helped hundreds of Foster Parents amaze themselves with what they have learned and achieved under our guidance and tuition.
Building Expertise Through Specialist Courses
In addition to standard training, we provide an exclusive range of specialist courses. These therapeutic modules have credits attached and Foster Parents can see their expertise building through their attendance, culminating in the ground-breaking, innovative, and brand new professionally accredited courses for those who really catch the training bug.
We have a huge passion for providing the very best fostering service to our fostering families. Ultimately, it’s an approach that’s producing some outstanding outcomes for the children and young people in our care.
Family Placement
Longevity of placement and a stable, supportive home is a key priority. The matching of children and families will tailor the skill set, experience and expertise of the fostering family to the individual needs of the child.
High Quality Training
Foster Parents have access to training of a high therapeutic standard so they can understand the emotional and behavioural world of the children in their care and know how to intervene. At Flourish we do not knowingly leave anybody behind; we tailor learning to suit individual needs.
Professional Culture
A culture of warmth and professionalism permeates the work of Flourish Fostering and we have high expectations of what can be achieved by foster parents and staff for children in our care. In turn, we expect our Foster Parents, staff and customers to have high expectations of us.
Regular Supervision
Fostering training is backed up with supervision from experienced Social Workers and regular meetings with therapists to build upon therapeutic thinking and expertise.
Mentoring
New Foster Parents, if they would like to, will also receive mentoring from people who have more experience of fostering than they do.
Professional Practice
We provide an environment of high challenge and strong support through training and supervision, helping foster parents to feel competent and equal with other professionals in the team around the child, and our Local Authority customers to have the utmost confidence in all aspects of Flourish Fostering.
Niche Provider
Flourish Fostering is a specialist provider of therapeutic care for children and young people who cannot live with their own families for all kinds of reasons. Many of those children have been exposed to extraordinary experiences that children should never have to live through.
A Nurturing Environment
A good, well-trained and well-supported foster family is an excellent starting point for therapeutic fostering. However, socially and emotionally deprived children require a great deal of support from their foster family to recover healthy development alongside their peers. In addition, the foster family will require high quality support to help them meet the child’s immediate needs as well as recover the lost ground.
Contact Us
Contact Details
Office Hours
9:00am – 5:00pm
Flourish Fostering (South), The Cedars,
Holborough Road, Snodland Kent ME6 5PL
Telephone
0808 129 5311
Office Hours
9:00am – 5:00pm
57A Buxton Road, Stockport SK2 6NB
Telephone
0161 249 9420
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