Adoption & Fostercare

WELCOME to Health and Social Care (HSC) Adoption & Fostering.

We recruit and support foster carers and adopters across the five HSC Trusts in Northern Ireland. We are committed to providing learning and development opportunities for all our foster carers and adopters.

New relationship

As part of ongoing efforts to increase and maintain our foster carer population, Regional Adoption and Fostering Service are delighted to announce the start of an exciting new relationship with National Trust.
Foster carer of Year 2013

Josephine McClelland (Belfast Trust), who fosters with husband Sean, received the award from Fostering Network at a ceremony hosted by Michelle McIlveen MLA at Stormont
Foster Care Fortnight launch

MLAs, foster carers, staff and young people join Regional Adoption & Fostering Service and Fostering Network to launch Foster Care Fortnight & new fostering DVD at Stormont.
Make 2013 count!

Blood Transfusion Service is supporting our fostering campaign this FCF by displaying info at their donation sessions. Like blood donors, we need generous, giving people who make time in their busy lives to helps others in need.

More info »Fostering

Fostering provides children / young people who cannot live with their own families with an alternative home where they can feel valued, respected and cared for. Could you foster?

More info »Adoption

Adoption is a legal process which provides children who cannot be brought up by their own parents with a new permanent family. Adopters may or may not have birth children. Could you adopt?