Being a teenager can be tough at the best of times. Young people who need to live with a foster family are usually ordinary teenagers with extraordinary circumstances.  Their problems might be quite complicated and their behaviour can sometimes be demanding. They may have particular difficulties in forming relationships with adults, they might have been in trouble with the police and they may have complex and difficult relationships with their family. As a result they could be struggling in school.  

Length of foster care
Some young people will stay with foster carers for just a few weeks to give them and their family time work out their problems as to why they come in to care. Others will need to stay for longer, while the foster carer helps them to learn how to live independently.  

When young people like this come to us, they need all the things that other children need.  But they need carers who understand the demands of being a teenager.

Contact us:

Tel: 01925 444100
Email: fosteringinfo@warrington.gov.uk