Fostering

This website provides support and learning materials for Nottinghamshire County Council foster carers.

It has been created to provide you with resources, information, development and education to help you on your fostering journey.

Not a foster carer?

If you are not already a foster carer with Nottinghamshire County Council but are interested in becoming a foster carer within Nottinghamshire, Derby, Derbyshire, or Nottingham, please visit the Foster for East Midlands Website or fill out the enquiry form and someone will be in touch to chat through the next steps.

How to get in touch

For all routine matters please contact your supervising social worker or your fostering support officer.

Countywide duty

For duty matters there is a countywide duty system:

email: fosteringduty.cw@nottscc.gov.uk
tel: 0115 8546477

Team managers

Please note the contact details of fostering support officers and the names of the associated team managers should you need to contact them in the absence of your supervising social worker.

Team	Team manager
Team 1 (North)	Katarzyna Tomasz
Team 2 (Central and Short Breaks)	Kathryn Holding
Team 3 (South)	Ruth Goodison
Friends and Family	Rachel Taylor Murray
Recruitment and Assessment	Rochelle Wallace

Fostering support officers

Please note the contact details of fostering support officers and the names of the associated team managers should you need to contact them in the absence of your supervising social worker.

Team	FSO Contact Email	Fostering Support Officer (FSO)
Team 1 (North)	fso.fosteringnorth@nottscc.gov.uk	Jane Caballero-Wood
Team 2 (Central)	fso.fosteringsouth@nottscc.gov.uk	Rebecca Metcalfe
Team 2 (Short Breaks)	fso.shortbreaks@nottscc.gov.uk	Jayne Danby
Team 3 (South)	fso.fosteringsouth@nottscc.gov.uk	Fiona Towers/Jocelyn Payandeh
Friends and Family	fso.familyandfriends@nottscc.gov.uk	Clair Alexander
Recruitment and Assessment	fostering@nottscc.gov.uk	Lucy Munt