Fostering Services

FFI offers a wide range of fostering services for children and young people of all ages. All fostering placements are 'matched' to ensure a good fit between the needs of children and young people and the skills and experience of foster carers to meet those needs.

Many FFI foster carers have extensive experience and/or training in specialised areas of care, for example, caring for those who have been sexually abused, display challenging behaviour or have disabilities. Needs and placement solutions are carefully and continuously monitored and supported.

All fostering services and placements must be negotiated through the child or young person's HSE area either through an individual placement contract or as part of a wider contract of service provision commissioned by the HSE.

FFI has a specifically designated 'Placements Manager' who is the first point of contact for enquiries about placement choices and 'spot purchasing'. On receiving a referral, the Placements Team will identify any possible match based on the young person's needs and carer vacancies. The Placements Team will keep you up to date as the referral progresses and will endeavour to get back to you within your requested timescales.

Fostering services we offer

We offer the following range of fostering services (click on each link to learn more):

Standard Placements
Emergency Placements
Short Term Placements
Long Term Placements
Enhanced Placements
Parent and Child Placements
Respite Placements
Separated Children Seeking Asylum

Fostering News

Press Release

Fostering agency launches new operation in Cork - Ireland’s leading non-statutory foster care agency, Fostering First Ireland (FFI) has further expanded its services with the launch of a new office ...