Yes you can! And we’d love to speak to you about what Tree House Care can offer. There are many reasons why a foster carer may consider transferring away from the local authority or to a different independent fostering agency. You may be moving to a new area, be looking for more training opportunities and a therapeutic outlook, or want better benefits and increased pay.

Whatever your reasons, transferring fostering agencies can be a daunting process. That’s why at Tree House Care, we make it as simple as possible, doing all the behind-the-scenes paperwork, and liaising with local authorities and agencies to ensure everything runs smoothly, so you can get on with being a first-rate foster carer.

Although you’ll still have to go through the application process including panel, we will be able to use your past fostering experience as evidence of your abilities and the process should be completed more quickly. During this time you’ll have the chance to speak to our existing foster carers, many of whom have transferred themselves. In fact, word of mouth is one of the main ways we recruit new people – since 2020, almost half of our newly approved foster carers have come to us because of a recommendation from one of our existing carers!

And if you already have your TSDS qualification, we’ll pass that training investment over to you as a one off payment of £2,000 once approved!

We’re confident that you’ll find transferring to Tree House Care a great decision, and you’ll appreciate our therapeutic focus, close, supportive atmosphere and generous benefits package – we guarantee you’ll never lose out by transferring to Tree House Care!

We’ve had a number of foster carers transfer to Tree House Care and they say that they were attracted by our ‘fantastic pay, great support and great training’.

We have a very generous fostering allowance and benefits package, including mileage payments, long service awards and ‘pay-to-train’ payments. We guarantee that you will never be financially disadvantaged by transferring to Tree House Care. You can find more details in our ‘How much will I be paid’ article.

As a therapeutic fostering agency, we make sure the principles are fully embedded across the whole organisation. This means we have a strong focus on nurturing relationships, between members of staff, foster carers and our children. We act with empathy and respect and work together to do the right thing for our children. You can read all about our history and our values here.

Our therapeutic practice also continues into our training with monthly face-to-face training sessions, lots of additional online training courses and the opportunity to discuss how these theories can be used in your home with our Trauma and Attachment Therapist, John.

Check out all the ways we support our foster carers here.