Mentor profile

Your mentor profile is a snapshot of you, your family, your experience and your availability.

When you're matched with someone who has applied to be a foster carer, we'll share your profile with them to introduce you.

You should include:

• a recent picture of you (including your family if you wish but not anyone you foster)
• a brief description of you and your family:
  • immediate family and circumstances including sons and daughters
  • how old they were when you started fostering
  • hobbies and interests
  • work before you became a foster carer
  • any current work outside of fostering
  • why you became a foster carer.
• how long you've been fostering
• your current terms of approval and the ages of the children or young people who is currently living with you.
• an overview of your fostering experience:
  • how many children or young people have you looked after
  • any specific experiences, skills or knowledge you have (working with children with disabilities, Child Sexual Exploitation, County Lines, Self-harming behaviours, children with aggressive behaviour, looking after teenagers, moving children on for adoption, parent and child fostering, permanence).
• the best time to contact you and how you'd prefer to be contacted
• anything that is relevant to you personally.