Ready for a Change? Use Your Skills to Transform a Child''s LifeSpecialist Therapeutic Foster Carer - Bedford and Surrounding Areas Location: Bedford and surrounding areas Salary: £62,000 per year (plus additional allowances) Employment Type: Full-time Self-employedTo foster in the UK, you must meet all of the following requirements:Be 21 years of age or overHave a spare, dedicated bedroom in your homeHave experience supporting children, young people, or vulnerable adults (professionally or personally)Be a British citizen or hold Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UKImportant - Visa StatusWe are unable to accept applications from individuals who hold:EU Settled or Pre-Settled StatusGraduate visasSkilled Worker visasStudent visasHealth and Care Worker visasSpouse VisaAny other temporary or time-limited visaFostering requires permanent residency status in the UK.If you do not meet all of the above criteria, please do not apply, as your application will not be progressedIs It Time to Use Your Childcare Skills Differently?Every child deserves to feel safe, valued, and part of a family. Right now, young people in Bedford Borough are living in residential care and need someone who can help them take the next step into a stable home where they can heal and thrive.If you have experience as a childminder, nanny, or working in residential care, education, health, youth work, or social care, you already have skills that could change a child''s future. This role is not about providi