{"id":559,"date":"2020-02-01T19:22:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T19:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/?p=559"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:06:11","slug":"essex-county-council-fostering-in-essex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/?p=559","title":{"rendered":"Essex County Council &#8211; Fostering in Essex"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2020, up to 500 children are expected to come into care and Essex County Council needs new foster carers to help transform children&#8217;s lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike other agencies, essex County Council are a not for profit organisation and therefore our only motivation is the wellbeing of vulnerable children in Essex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You do not need any specfic qualifications to become a foster carer; just time, patience, a spare room and a commitment to improving children&#8217;s lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions or wold like further information please visit our website or give the friendly fostering team a call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you in advance for your support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0800 801 530 &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexadoptionandfostering.co.uk\/fostering\">https:\/\/www.essexadoptionandfostering.co.uk\/fostering<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yours sincerely&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Communications<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fostering Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Essex County Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2020, up to 500 children are expected to come into care and Essex County Council needs new foster carers to help transform children&#8217;s lives. Unlike other agencies, essex County Council are a not for profit organisation and therefore our only motivation is the wellbeing of vulnerable children in Essex. You do not need any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":752,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions\/752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toppesfield-pc.gov.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}