Fostering case study: Amy

Amy is an engaging 9 year old girl, who loves to play imaginatively. Amy has a severe learning difficulty and her needs are well met in a specialist school in Dover. As a social happy girl, Amy is developing into an insightful person who responds well to other people. Amy’s social worker describes her as a:

“sparky intelligent child, with real ability to captivate people using her humour and personality”.

Amy can be challenging, polite, responsive to firm boundaries, energetic and focussed.

We need foster carers who can be part of Amy’s life into the foreseeable future. You will work in partnership with Amy’s mother regularly providing extra support for 2 or 3 weekdays or over the weekend. It is planned that this flexible arrangement of shared care will provide the enduring relationship between Amy and her mother. Ideally Amy will be the youngest child in the home without family pets.

If you would like to know more about Amy, please contact the Initial Enquiries Team on 0845 330 2968.

Please view our other case studies about fostering experiences.