Success Stories

“One of the Best Decisions We’ve Ever Made” – Meet Our Mockingbird Hub Carers For foster carers Bob and Kay, becoming part of the Mockingbird programme has helped create something truly special, an extended family built around support, friendship and stability for children in care. Bob (70) and Kay (59)…...

Burton is one of our incredible Supervising Social Workers at Foster with Peterborough, part of Peterborough City Council. We asked Burton some questions about his role below! How does your role support fostering?"I work directly with foster carers and their families, offering guidance, supervision, and emotional support. My role ensures that…...

How long have you been fostering and what type of fostering have you done? I moved back to Peterborough from another county in 2012 where I had already been approved as a foster carer. I reached out to local authority and transferred to them; after my application had been completed…...

Hi, my name is Teri Wright, and I have joined PCC in June 2024 as a Fostering Reviewing Officer. I come from background of residential and fostering social worker roles in neighbouring Cambridgeshire, where I have worked for 28 years. The Fostering Services Regulations (2011) stipulate that suitability to foster…...

Lisa is a Foster Placement Officer in our fostering service and has shared an insight into her role with us. How does your role support fostering?  My role is to find fostering families for children and young people who cannot remain in their family home. What is your favourite part…...

Eve is a Senior Practitioner in our fostering service and has shared an insight into her role with us. How does your role support fostering?  I supervise foster carers to ensure that they feel supported and have the space to reflect within their roles, in order to meet the needs of the children within their care.  What is your favourite…...

How does your role support fostering?  My role (Fostering Support Worker) provides emotional and practical support, advice and guidance to foster carers, looked after children and young people. It is a crucial role in providing care and help to children and young people within foster homes, helping them navigate through…...

What encouraged you to become foster carers/why did you think it was important? "We don’t have children of our own and it appealed to us as we are both very caring and we feel we would like to give something back. A colleague at work who became a foster carer…...

My name is Jeanette, and with my husband Paul we have been fostering with Peterborough City council for over 11 years. We thought about Fostering a child for several years before we started the process, we knew it was a big commitment to make and wanted to make sure it…...

Hi, I am Kathryn. I have worked within the Fostering team at Peterborough City Council since February 2022 and my current role is a Senior Recruitment Officer. My favourite part of being involved in fostering is meeting kind, generous and compassionate individuals that wish to make a difference to children’s…...