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We’ve been fostering with Compass for nearly 8 years and had no experience previously. We have 2 children in our care, long term. Compass offer a fantastic wide range of training which can be tailored to your needs. Their supervising social workers offer brilliant support in challenging time,which are inevitable. We hold regular support meetings with other foster carers to pull each other’s experiences. They offer fun days out (paid for) and activities for the children and foster carers families. You’ll need a good support network to foster and we’ve found that compassionate has this! We love fostering, even though it can be challenging as the rewards out way the challenges. We thoroughly recommend Compass Fostering!

Our experience of fostering for Compass has been one of the most rewarding and joyful journeys of our lives. They are an exceptional organisation that truly cares, not only about the children, but also about their foster parents and families. The support we receive from our supervising social worker is outstanding, and we have always felt valued, encouraged, and supported every step of the way. If you are considering becoming a foster carer, we would wholeheartedly recommend Compass without hesitation—they are a truly caring team who will stand beside you and help you make a real difference.

Working with professionals in a wide range of departments who hear your voice and value your opinion is a breath of fresh air!

Compass is a lovely company to work for on our experience, it really helps when you find the right social worker to support you. Compass has a straight forward system to use for note recording and evaluations. The whole journey can be a bit nerve wracking but I haven’t met a unsupportive fellow foster carer yet that isn’t afraid to be part of the fostering network.

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Foster Care Support & Benefits With Compass
We don’t underestimate the hard work that our foster carers put into creating a nurturing and safe environment for every foster child that enters their home.

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At Compass Fostering, we look after carers as well as children

When you join Compass Fostering, you become part of a welcoming, supportive community of professionals. From the minute you make contact, our experienced team will listen to you and support you and your family every step of the way.

We know how hard our foster parents work and we value the amazing commitment they are making when they become a foster carer. To us, every foster parent is as unique as the children you look after. That’s why we take the time to really get to know our carers and support you in all kinds of practical ways.

What support is available for foster carers?
Each Compass Fostering foster carer will have a named Supervising Social Worker who will support you, your own children and the child(ren) you look after. You will be visited regularly, both formally and informally to talk about any issues you, your family or your child in placement may have.

They also receive:

24/7 support from friendly local staff who get to know you, your family and the young people you are looking after.
A generous regular fostering allowance that values and recognises your skills along with tax exclusions.
Comprehensive foster care training.
Being part of our friendly, local, supportive network, which meets regularly to share information and learn from each other.
Focus group meetings and National Carer Forums to hear your views.
Regular support and supervision with your own dedicated Supervising Social Worker.
Planned days out for fostering families including, boat trips, picnics, theme parks, zoos and more!
Automatically signed up with a membership to independent support service FosterTalk.
For those waiting for a fostering arrangement, we offer a £155 per-week payment to help ease any financial concerns.
ALL THIS IS RUBBISH they don't support you at all shocking I have to say the least really they don't pay you when you don't have a child training they pay attention if you do something wrong they claim together and the lies get bigger the poor carer s demoralised please take my advise please read all agency trust pilot because we was one of the unlucky ones with this company all because lies and no evidence assuming this how this business operates

Compass is a experienced and professional company whos there for advice and help whenever you need it they are fab with the children and ourselves as carers i would highly recommend them

We have been fostering with Compass for 7 years and have always found them to be supportive and professional
Our children are well looked after by them and receive regular vouchers and gifts
As Carers we feel listened to and supported

Have been fostering with Compass almost 9 years, within those years we have been very well supported and looked after 10 amazing young people.

I’ve had a really positive experience during the 10 years I’ve been with Compass. They’ve been very supportive, which has been very important to me and my family. They are always there if I need advice or reassurance and available when I’ve need them. The help and guidance they’ve given to us over the years has been huge, especially during more challenging times, and it’s made such a positive impact on our fostering journey. They are approachable, understanding and genuinely care about both carers and children. I would definitely recommend them to anyone considering fostering.

We’ve been fostering with Compass for a while now, and overall our experience has been really positive. From the start, we felt supported and listened to, which makes such a difference in this role.

Our supervising social worker has been fantastic, she's approachable, responsive, and always there when we’ve needed advice or reassurance.

Communication is generally good, and we feel like part of a team rather than being left to manage things on our own.

What stands out most is that Compass do recognise the realities of fostering. They understand the ups and downs and are there to support not just the child, but us as carers too.

Like any organisation, there can be the odd hiccup or delay, but nothing that hasn’t been resolved with good communication. Overall, we feel valued and supported in what we do, and that’s what matters most.

We’d definitely recommend Compass to anyone considering fostering.

The support from our SSW is second to none.

When you foster a child and everything is going well then all of a sudden the child will be removed and friends/parents from the child's previous school emails child just to check in get wrongly accused of having a fake identity and saying things that are not true or making them up. I would not recommend anyone to use this company

I have been on my fostering journey with Compass for nearly 12 months. They are extremely professional and have been a pleasure to work with.

We’re coming upto our first year of being approved as foster carers and all I can say is what a rollercoaster! The support from the southeast team (Sarah,Malcolm&Helen) has been essential in helping us to support young people in our care. The fact that the head of fostering is happy for you to contact her directly with any issues is a testament to show that we’re all working for the same team towards the same goal!

Someone is always at the end of the phone if you’ve got questions, from your carer buddy you get when you first start, to your supervising social worker. I would recommend everyone to give compass some faith … they’re a good bunch!

We have enjoyed the recruitment experience and getting to the panel stage. Whilst obviously an in depth and detailed process, it was relatively easy to work with Compass. We felt supported and encouraged. We look forward to working with everyone there in the future!

Applied and did the whole process. Got to a certain point, around the room space and got told they would get back to me. Never heard a thing, I could now be looking after a child and making them happy. I also heard I. The radio that there’s 4 million children that will not get presents this Christmas, the way that my case has been handled has only added to the number. What a shame

I have always dreamed of being a foster parent. When I saw Compass Fostering’s advert on Indeed, I felt like life was finally opening the door I had waited for. I applied immediately, and the next day a social worker contacted me. I was excited, nervous, and hopeful all at once.

From the very beginning, I put my trust fully into the process. I shared incredibly personal details about myself, my children, my parents, my siblings—information that isn’t easy to hand over. But I did it because I believed this was the path toward helping a child who needed a home. I prepared my room, followed every instruction, and even went nearly £1,000 into debt because I thought everything was moving forward positively. I was reassured again and again that things were fine.

So when my case was suddenly closed, it felt like the ground was pulled from under me.

I had explained my family situation honestly: that my 15-year-old twin daughters are in Sweden finishing school, always with adult support present, while I travel between the UK and Sweden. Somehow this was completely misunderstood, and the version of my situation that Compass acted on was something I never said. To then be told that my case was closed and that authorities might be contacted—it was shocking, upsetting, and honestly felt like a betrayal after how open I had been.

The most painful part is that I truly trusted the process. I trusted the person assessing me. I believed I was being listened to and supported. Instead, it ended abruptly, leaving me confused, stressed, and questioning why things were interpreted the way they were. It was truly like a good slap in the face.

Different countries have different norms for young people’s independence, and I wish there had been more understanding, more communication, and more care before making such a serious decision. This dream meant so much to me, and the way things ended was deeply disappointing.

I hope Compass takes this feedback seriously so no one else has to go through the same experience.

Absolute disgrace of a company and wouldn’t piss on any of them if they was on fire! How they sleep of a night i will never know, obviously don’t have a conscience what they do to children is beyond words, causing trauma and then twisting and blaming foster carers. How they luv to gaslight! So corrupt! They don’t care about children all they care about is their pay packet! They will so quickly chuck Foster carers under the bus and trample all over them and have the kids removed in the most traumatising way just so they don’t lose their jobs from the LA instead of looking after the children and putting them first. This is why they crying out for foster carers and so many homes are opening because companies like this with gaslighting workers are just ruthless!! You shouldn’t be social workers! You don’t care about these children in care! You shouldn’t even have kids of your own!

**Review of Compass Fostering**

I regret to share my experience at Compass Fostering, where I have encountered some significant challenges that have led me to feel quite dissatisfied. Unfortunately, I have found the management team and some members of the social work staff to exhibit bullying behavior, often twisting words and using them against those who seek support.

This environment has fostered a lack of trust and collaboration. Instead of feeling supported in our roles, there is a pervasive culture of fear and intimidation. It’s disheartening, especially in a sector dedicated to fostering care and support for children and families.

I believe that everyone deserves to work in an environment that values their contributions and promotes mutual respect. However, my experience at Compass Fostering has been quite the opposite. I hope that the management team can reflect on this feedback and take steps to create a more supportive and positive workplace for all foster carers.