MISSION STATEMENT

"To provide the highest standard of family based care for vulnerable children and young people, which will secure their immediate safety and welfare and provide an environment, which will allow them the opportunity to develop as individuals to reach their full potential and prepare them for successful adult lives."

A mission statement may be easy to write, but achieving it is a different matter. This is why we have a number of clear commitments to help us meet our overall objective.

01

We will always endeavour to ensure that you have the most up to date and comprehensive information on the young people we ask you to care for that has been made available to ourselves and that you have this information as soon as we have it.

02

We aim to offer regular supervision and training for carers and regular support forums. However, we know that support comes in many guises – sometimes you just need to see a familiar face or hear friendly voice.

03

We recognise the complexity of the fostering task and so are committed to supporting our carers in their role by ensuring that we have the right, experienced, professional staff available on a 24/7 basis.

04

We will always encourage and support our carers to be suitably ambitious for the children in their care in order that young people are able to reach the end of their time with FCV with a clear view of the future and an understanding of their options as they move towards their independence.

05

We will always ensure that our carers are supported in relation to the involvement they have with placing authorities be this in relation to attending meetings or arranging and supervising contact with children’s birth families.

06

We aim to support our carers in ensuring that the children and young people placed in their care have the opportunity to access all the community resources they need in relation to their health, education and social agenda.

07

We will ensure that we recruit and train the right group of carers to offer a wide range of placement opportunities that can take into account the whole spectrum of needs presented by children and young people including acknowledgement of their racial, cultural, religious and linguistic heritage.

Our Values

Mindfulness

We will always ensure that we take time to reflect on our successes and our failures to ensure that we can learn all necessary lessons and implement our change agenda in a timely, considered and effective manner.

Ambition

We will always be ambitious for the children and young people in our care ensuring that they will always be encouraged and supported to develop to their maximum potential.

Respect

We value all those with whom we enter into a relationship - children, customers, carers and staff. We will always respect the origins of the young people who are looked after by our carers.

Integrity

We behave in a manner that embodies the highest standards of probity and professionalism.

Equality

We will not accept discrimination in relation to any group or individual for whatever reason and will actively seek to undertake all of our activities in an inclusive manner

Compassion

We will recognise the emotionally charged atmosphere within which we operate and we will always show an appropriate level of empathy and sensitivity in all our activity.

Pride

As a company and as a group of professional colleagues, we will always endeavour to act in a manner which means that we can be proud of what we are, the company we represent and the things we collectively achieve

Diversity

We will always endeavour to value diversity and recognise the benefits it brings

Cooperation

We will endeavour to work in genuine co-operation with all interested parties to the benefit of those young people for whom we all share responsibility.

Honesty

We will carry on all our relationships and dealings in a truthful and open manner which represents and promotes our value base.

Meet The Team

Between us, we have over 70 years' of experience in fostering, and the qualities and value-driven approach needed

If you're interested in working for Foster Care Values team, please take a look at our values and mission statement above, and then get in touch.