Fostering- Yes or no

[Applepie]

Hi , I have always been interested in Fostering. I would really like to hear from anyone that does or has done fostering. I work in the childcare industry so have lots of experience looking after children. Where do you go local authority or independent?
Do you love it❤
I would love to hear your experiences

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/fostering

Maybe ask on the fostering board for more specialist advice.

If your interested in fostering I would suggest taking a look at fosterwiki online for some really good advice. They also discuss the real issues that foster carers face daily. In addition I would take a look at the Fostering Network survey results showing how many FCs are leaving the job and why. Also be aware allegations are raised against FCs, 1 in 4 foster carers are reporting this (see fostering network reports on allegations).
I've fostered for 10 years and thought we were doing a great job only to find out that 2 girls we had for 3.5 years went home (March) to mum and 8 weeks later raised totally false and malicious allegations which has left us devastated. Again read the fostering network report (case studies) on allegations before committing to something that in a lot of cases is destroying good peoples lives. Be very open minded going into this because there are more disadvantages than advantages and you have to be very emotionally resilient to cope.