With over 20 years of experience working with children and young people, our Worthing-based agency has a dedicated fostering team and foster carers who maintain high levels of care for children and young people. We have specialist experience in UASC and parent and child placements.
Our fostering service is uniquely embedded in the asphaleia organisation, which can additionally support carers and placements with specialist services such as CSE intervention, 1-1 mental health and wellbeing support.
To find out more about asphaleia's mission, vision and values, visit our 'who we are' page.
what is foster care?
Foster care provides a child with support and a stable place to live. asphaleia offer different types of foster care, which include:
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Emergency: providing a placement with an immediate start e.g. for refugee children.
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Short term or bridging: placements may be made where the intention is a time-limited, task-centred piece of work. These placements may be for a period of up to two years.
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Long term: any placement that is intended to last longer than two years.
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Parent and child: we offer two types of parent and child placement. Assessment placements are time-limited placements in which a trained foster carer/s will observe and record key information, including parenting capacity, caring abilities and emotional support from the parent. Support placements are longer in duration, and will include the foster carer's supporting the parent to develop the skills and capacity necessary to parent their child.
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Siblings - where a foster carer/s offers more than one placement allowing siblings to stay together whilst they are placed in foster care.
who are asphaleia fostering?
We are a small, friendly, and immensely experienced team. We have a wide breadth of knowledge and skills in both our staff team and foster carers.
We collaboratively work to ensure children are cared for in a safe and supportive manner, that they are heard and are able to express themselves and their wishes, and that they are provided an environment in which they can thrive. Read our latest Ofsted report here.
Fostering enables people to make a positive difference to a child's life, promoting their future growth and development through nurturing stable foster placements.
what people say
OFSTED
‘Members of the leadership and management team are strong, passionate about the work, and have a clear understanding of the needs of children.’
FOSTER CHILD
‘l felt at home from the moment l came here.
The foster carers understand me, they speak my language, help me to keep my faith
and cook food l enjoy. That means all is very good.’
LOCAL AUTHORITY PA
M was welcomed into the family...the [asphaleia] carers have somehow managed the balance of support and knowing when to step back, allowing him space and to become the resilient, kind and caring young man he has grown to be.
want a fresh start and looking to transfer?
Transferring to a new agency can be daunting. asphaleia would fully support you, your family, and any children placed with you through this process.
We'd be happy to discuss this process with you in more depth. Please call on 01903 522966, or email to speak to our fostering manager for an initial chat.
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