Better Candidates.
Faster Approvals.
FosterReady pre-trains and pre-vets prospective foster carers — so when they reach your agency, they're already assessment-ready. Plug in your own campaigns or access our marketplace. Either way, your social workers only meet genuinely prepared candidates.
No credit card required. Set up in under 5 minutes.
Your enquiries cost
too much and convert too few.
Most fostering agencies spend heavily on advertising to generate enquiries. But the majority of those enquiries are from people who haven't thought through the realities of fostering — no spare room, unrealistic expectations, or simply not ready for the commitment.
Without FosterReady
With FosterReady
Two paths.
One platform.
Whether you want to supercharge your existing recruitment campaigns or access candidates we've already prepared — FosterReady works for you either way. Most agencies use both.
Plug In Your Leads
Keep running your own marketing campaigns — Facebook ads, Google, referrals, your website. Route those enquiries through FosterReady and we do the rest.
What you get
Buy FosterReady Candidates
Need candidates now? Browse our marketplace of people who've already completed the full FosterReady pipeline — trained, vetted, and ready for your assessment process.
What you get
Most agencies use both paths. Plug in your own campaigns for long-term pipeline building, and buy FosterReady candidates when you need to fill capacity gaps now. Either way, every candidate arrives assessment-ready.
You focus on assessment.
We handle everything before it.
From the moment someone enquires to the moment they're ready for your social worker — the FosterReady platform handles the heavy lifting.
Capture
Enquiry lands via your campaign landing page, embedded widget, or direct to FosterReady. Basic details captured instantly.
Screen & Disqualify
Automatic eligibility check — spare room, location, DBS eligibility, age, motivation. Unsuitable candidates are filtered out before they cost you time.
Train & Prepare
Eligible candidates enter the academy — watching training content, completing AI roleplay scenarios, and answering reflective questions aligned to Skills to Foster.
Collect Form F Evidence
As candidates progress, the system collects structured data that maps to Form F assessment domains — housing, employment, relationships, motivation, references.
By the time a candidate reaches your team, they've been screened, trained, and profiled. Your social workers start from a place of confidence — not from cold.
Your recruitment
command centre.
Campaign Landing Pages
Branded, conversion-optimised landing pages for your Facebook, Google, and referral campaigns. Plug in your ad spend — we handle the candidate journey.
Embeddable Widgets & Forms
Drop our enquiry widgets and forms directly onto your agency website. Candidates enter the FosterReady pipeline without leaving your brand experience.
Candidate Marketplace
Browse and connect with FosterReady candidates who are already trained and vetted. Filter by region, specialism, and readiness score.
Agency Dashboard
Morning briefings, pipeline overview, regional demand data, and team performance metrics. Know exactly where your recruitment stands at all times.
Form F Readiness Profiles
Every candidate comes with a structured profile that maps to Form F assessment domains — housing, motivation, relationships, employment, references.
AI Roleplay Simulations
Candidates practise real fostering scenarios with AI — managing challenging behaviour, handling allegations, daily routines — so they arrive at assessment genuinely prepared.
Recruit smarter.
Spend less.
The average UK agency spends £3,200 to recruit a single foster carer. FosterReady candidates arrive pre-trained and pre-vetted — dramatically reducing your time-to-panel and cost-per-approval.
See the Savings YourselfTrusted by agencies
across the UK.
“The quality difference is night and day. Candidates who come through FosterReady already understand what fostering actually involves. Our social workers spend less time managing expectations and more time on meaningful assessment.”
“We were sceptical at first — another recruitment platform promising the world. But the pre-training element genuinely sets this apart. Our panel approval rate for FosterReady candidates is significantly higher than our standard pipeline.”
“The readiness profiles save us so much time during Form F. Having pre-mapped evidence against assessment domains means our assessors can focus on depth rather than starting from scratch. It's genuinely useful infrastructure.”
Local Authorities are changing
how they commission placements.
Across the UK, Local Authorities are forming regional commissioning frameworks to outsource placements to IFAs. From the West Midlands Framework to South-Central consortia, LAs are increasingly selecting IFA partners based on recruitment quality, carer preparedness, and Ofsted-aligned training evidence.
FosterReady agencies will have a demonstrable edge — pre-trained candidates, structured Form F evidence, and a compliance-ready audit trail that makes you the obvious choice when frameworks expand. We're building the infrastructure for LAs to route placement demand directly to FosterReady agencies.
The fostering sector is in crisis — declining carer numbers, rising costs, children waiting longer for placements. FosterReady isn't just a recruitment tool. It's the new front door to fostering in the UK. Agencies that join now are building their pipeline for the next decade.
Simple, transparent
pricing.
Choose the plan that fits your agency. All plans include the FosterReady Academy, candidate marketplace access, and compliance tools. No credit card required to start.
Local
For single-office agencies building their local panel.
Regional
For multi-office agencies across a region. Our most popular plan.
National
For large providers operating across multiple regions.
Need a custom plan for your consortium or local authority? Get in touch
Not technical? We offer paid onboarding — we'll set everything up for you, connect your campaigns, and get you live within 48 hours.
Frequently asked.
What exactly is FosterReady?
How is this different from buying leads from a marketing agency?
What does 'assessment-ready' actually mean?
Do I need to be technical to use this?
How do Local Authority frameworks fit in?
Is our data secure? What about GDPR?
Do we need to change our existing systems?
Is there a minimum contract?
Can we try it before committing?
The crisis won't fix itself.
But we can start.
Every week that passes, more prospective carers drop out of broken pipelines. FosterReady is changing how people enter fostering — and agencies that join now are building the strongest panels in the country.
No credit card required. Live in under 5 minutes. Paid onboarding available.