East Sussex Fostering

Staff, carers, children and grandchildren got together yesterday for a relaxed catch up and celebration of all things @FosterForESCC. Lots of laughs, lots of love 💜 Thank you to everyone who came along, including Children's Services Director, Asst Director and Cllr Bob Bowdler.

👋 Pop over and say hi and find out more about fostering full-time or part-time in East Sussex 🙂 @TheViewHotelEastbourne Can't make it? Join an online information event 5.30pm tomorrow 👉 ow.ly/meIL50Rg0wN Visit our website or call 01323 464129 👉 ow.ly/zT3U50Rg0wM

Can you see beyond disabilities and help children achieve their dreams? Fostering full time, or providing short respite breaks for existing foster carers once a month is a rewarding and valued role. We support you and our young people in every respect. 👉ow.ly/tqG750QXWRz

People are at the heart of everything we do. Today we celebrate the dedication of our social workers, across all the services we provide to children and families in the local community 🎉 📢 A big shout-out to fostering Assessing and Supervising Social Workers! 👏THANK YOU

🌻Happy Mother’s Day to all you Mums, Mother Figures, Grandmas, Like-a-Mums, Step-Mums, Birth Parents, Foster Carers, Godmothers, Guardian Angels, Adoptive Mums, Carers, Aunts, Single Mums, Soon-to-be-Mums...

Happy #InternationalWomensDay 💜 Celebrating the progress, aspirations, opportunities, wellbeing and happiness of women everywhere! 💜 Inspiring Inclusion 💜 Fostering friendship, support and encouragement #IWD2024 #InspireInclusion #InvestInWomen#EastSussex #FosterWithTrust

It's #WorldBookDay! We're celebrating reading for pleasure as well as reading to learn. Whatever your little ones are upto on this fun day, we hope they're all enjoying themselves 📚 Want to read more about becoming a foster carer? 👉 ow.ly/Bgv850QNsyw

Every 20 minutes, another child needs a foster family in the UK. 1 in 6 adoptions in England are to LGBTQ+ individuals. 🏳️‍🌈 Celebrating #AdoptionAndFosteringWeek, and supporting applications to foster or adopt all year round. 🌈 Information event: ow.ly/6gEk50QLu0O 👋

We have online virtual events as well as pop-up 'meet the team' events around the county 💻 7th and 18th March 👋 14th March 10am to midday, Bexhill Leisure Centre 👋 27th March 2pm to 5pm, Freedom Leisure, Uckfield 💻 3rd and 16th April 👉 ow.ly/pNkc50QJbqy 📞 01323 464129

We're @Knockhatch today 11am - 1pm (and tomorrow 2pm - 4pm). Ask us any questions you or your own children are curious about regarding fostering in East Sussex. We can give you some info to take away too. Or join one of our online virtual info events 🔗ow.ly/l6nU50QAvKo

📢 Councillor Bowdler calls for more local authority foster carers! A campaign to encourage more people to consider fostering for their local authority was highlighted at yesterday’s Full Council meeting. Please contact us direct 👇 📞 01323 464129 🔗 ow.ly/3CKU50QyFZu

It's tough being a teenager sometimes. Fostering teens supports them to attend school, take their exams and get into training or college; you will change their whole direction. 📞 call us for a chat 01323 464129 ❓ fostering information events 👇 ow.ly/7fFV50QwLi2

A New Year read... from the perspective of an experienced and talented foster carer 👇 👀 ow.ly/BtzW50QnNP0

To all our foster carers out there, who have found the love and space in your homes and hearts to include an extra stocking this year, we thank you. Festive traditions vary in every home and blending yours and theirs is a special gift 💜 Happy Christmas everyone!

No qualifications required to teach a child how to find the holes for their hands! You can pass on your life skills to a young person when you start fostering and with our support and great training will help you enjoy fostering as a flexible new career 🔗ow.ly/Hk3750QgOzc

Interested in fostering in East Sussex? Join our online information session today at 5.30pm and ask any questions about the assessment, the pay, the ages of children you'd like to care for, full-time/part-time opportunities, our training and support... 👉ow.ly/7ABk50Qaf1u

Could you foster in Hastings, Rother, Wealden, Lewes or Eastbourne boroughs? If you live in East Sussex and could share your time and home with local children who can't live with their families for a while, we would love to hear from you. 📅 Wed 22 Nov ow.ly/no4Q50Q8Oq8

Tomorrow lunchtime we have an online information event for anyone interested in fostering in East Sussex. Join us on your smartphone, tablet or laptop 👉 ow.ly/wx8f50Q4VXc This could be an amazing part-time or full-time opportunity, with generous rewards 💜 📲01323 464129

Choosing to #TickTheBox can help care experienced young people get extra support at uni – from financial to mental health. Lena from @cardiffuni explains where the information goes when you #TickTheBox on your UCAS form. 🧡 🔗youtube.com/shorts/qqUwkUA… #NCLW

Sun's out, team's out! 🌤️ We are @knockhatch until 4pm and would love to chat to anyone interested in finding about fostering in East Sussex (tomorrow & Friday 10am-2pm too) Can't make it? Join our online virtual infor event at 5.30pm today 👉 ow.ly/gZJ950Q0z1S