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.