Orchard Fostering was established in 2008 by social work professionals with extensive experience working with foster carers and vulnerable children.
As we expand across Ireland we have maintained our close personal connections with all family carers, many of whom have been with the agency for many years. Today we are one of the leading fostering agencies in Ireland, working in partnership with Tusla to provide children and young people with a positive care experience.
At Orchard Fostering we work to recruit, train and retain foster carers to provide the best possible care to young people in foster care across Ireland. Orchard Fostering has a Foster Carer and a Young Person Ambassador Board to ensure that foster carers and young people have a voice in the running of our services. We offer a wide range of supports and training to all of our foster families and young people as well as having a dedicated link worker, assessment, social care and multidisciplinary team. More about our supports can be found here.
We continuously aim to recruit more foster carers to help meet the need for more foster care placements for young people coming into care who require a safe place to live. If you would like to learn more about becoming a foster carer, all information about Orchard Fostering can be found at www.orchardfostering.ie.
What our staff members say…
I have been working with Orchard for almost 5 years now. I started as a social care worker and have since worked as Orchard’s Education Officer and now as Marketing Executive. Orchard have provided me with so much support and opportunities and the team support is just amazing. The young people and foster families best interests and welfare really are at the central of all that we do and each day offers a new challenge and reward.
(Kerry. Staff Member)
