The campaign aims to inspire individuals with relevant skills and experience to consider specialist fostering, highlighting the profound difference they can make to a child's future. The core message, 'every child has a story, and what happens next matters,' underscores the importance of specialist care in helping young people overcome trauma, instability, and uncertainty.
A new short film, shot across Warwickshire, features a teacher, a social worker, and a healthcare professional supporting children through challenging moments. This film is designed to encourage professionals in education, healthcare, social care, and youth services to explore how their existing expertise could be life-changing as specialist foster carers.
Warwickshire Fostering is particularly seeking carers for its specialist schemes, including Breathing Space, Solo, Emergency Duty, Treehouse, and Parent and Child fostering. These schemes cater to children and young people requiring a higher level of care, understanding, and therapeutic support due to their experiences.
Councillor Wayne Briggs, Portfolio Holder for Children and Families, Education and SEND at Warwickshire County Council, stated, "We're proud to be investing into specialist fostering through enhanced training, dedicated support and increased financial recognition for foster carers. By strengthening our offer, we hope to attract more people with valuable professional experience and give more children the opportunity to remain close to their communities, schools and support networks."
He added, "Every child deserves the chance to thrive, and specialist foster carers have the power to help make that happen."
The campaign emphasises that positive futures are built through relationships, trust, consistency, and care. Individuals with the skills, resilience, and compassion to support children with complex needs are encouraged to learn more about specialist fostering.
To find out more, watch the 'Written Together' film and explore Warwickshire's specialist fostering schemes by visiting fostering.warwickshire.gov.uk/types-fostering/specialist-fostering.
