Stage 2
The Form F Assessment
- Also known as the Home Study, this assessment will help prepare you further for fostering.
- Your social worker will visit you on a regular basis to complete the assessment with you and members of your household.
- You will receive regular feedback from your assessing social worker and, together, you will determine if fostering is right for you and your family.
- Your assessing social worker will prepare a report based on the work you have undertaken together, this is called a Form F.
Hillingdon Fostering Panel
- To be approved as a foster carer, your Form F assessment is presented to the independent Hillingdon Fostering Panel, which you will be invited to attend with your assessing social worker.
- The panel will be familiar with your report.
- If fostering is right for you and your family, your approval as a foster carer will be considered by Hillingdon's Fostering Panel.
Agency decision maker approval
- The panel recommendation will be sent to the agency decision maker to review, along with the papers sent to panel, so that they can make the final decision about approving you as a foster carer.
Our aim is to complete stage 2 within 4 months but this can vary according to individual circumstances.