How much do you get paid for fostering in the North East?

Fostering is a professional role with responsibilities and the allowances paid by all of the partners within Foster with North East reflect this. Each local authority sets their own foster care allowance rates based on Government guidelines, so there's no fixed allowance for fostering in the North East.

In addition to an allowance, payments are also made to financially support you when becoming a carer.

All authorities within our partnership appreciate that many people give up or reduce working hours to become foster carers and offer financial packages.