Foster Carers' Charter for Coventry

Coventry is a child-friendly city where relationships with children are valued and supported.  We are working together to always keep children and young people at the heart of what we do.  Our aim is to ensure that all Coventry children feel safe, feel valued, feel loved and get the best possible start in life.

We are committed to supporting children to live with their families wherever appropriate. However, when foster care is required, we recognise that stable and nurturing foster care arrangements are at the heart of delivering high quality services, to achieve positive outcomes for children in care. Over recent years the city has invested significantly in its fostering service to make this possible.

The vision for the service is to recruit suitable carers, and offer bespoke training and support in order for them to meet the needs of children in their care effectively. We are creating a fostering family that delivers all aspects of fostering and our Foster Carer Charter, details how we will do this.

Our foster carers play an invaluable role in children’s lives, and we recognise that the special relationship between a child and their foster carer can transform a child’s life. This charter sets out our shared vision, our commitment and what we can expect from each other when working together to provide outstanding standards of care to all children in care.  We have high aspirations and expectations for our fostering service in Coventry, so we can provide outstanding foster homes for our children and young people across the city.

Sukriti says

Foster carers step into the lives of our children in care at their most challenging and vulnerable times, opening their hearts and homes to help them through experiences of instability and trauma. Without our Coventry foster carers and their families, we would not have been able to achieve some of the wonderful things our foster children tell us about.

Cllr Seaman added “We are committed to giving the vulnerable children and young people we care for the best chance to thrive, which for the vast majority of them is with local fostering families.

Sukriti Sen, Director of Children and Education Services and Councillor Pat Seaman, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People.