Become a Step Forward Foster Carer – A Life-Changing Opportunity for Early Years Practitioners & Managers
Foster with TACT Fostering and Bury Council
Are you an Early Years Practitioner or Early Years Manager who creates safe, nurturing spaces where children grow, feel secure, and thrive? You already have the empathy, patience, and safeguarding knowledge needed to make a life-changing difference in a young person’s life.
We’re looking for caring, emotionally resilient professionals like you to become Step Forward Foster Carers — offering a safe, stable home to a young person transitioning from residential care. This is a unique opportunity to take your child development experience beyond the nursery setting and offer a young person the consistent care and emotional security they’ve been missing.
This could be your most fulfilling role yet — offering not just care, but a future full of hope.
What is Step Forward Fostering?
Step Forward Fostering is a pioneering project that helps young people who’ve faced trauma, instability, and loss move from residential care into a stable family environment.
These young people don’t just need a roof over their head — they need someone like you: a consistent, supportive adult who understands emotional and developmental needs and provides the calm, trusting environment they’ve often lacked.
As a Step Forward Foster Carer, you’l...