No matter what, you still need a team around to support you!
If you like helping and making a difference, being a foster carer is a very satisfying career choice. You’ll find a lot of the skills from the forces are useful every single day. Patience, thinking on the spot, knowing when you should speak and when to just listen, sticking to routines, constantly meeting new people, talking a situation down to de-escalate the tension, having to just get on and still live and work together even after an argument… All of these skills can help when foster caring.”