Fostering payments

Fostering enquiry

Register your interest in becoming a foster carer.

As a foster carer, you receive a weekly fee for your skills, plus a weekly allowance for each child you look after:

  • the fee is for the work you as a foster carer
  • the allowance is to cover the costs involved in looking after a child

See our fostering fees and allowances

Fostering Team

Email: fosteringenquiries@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
Tel: 01305 225568
Full contact details