Benefits for foster carers
When a child in Camden needs to spend some time in foster care, our council’s foster carers are the first people to be contacted.
As a Camden foster carer, you get priority for placements over any other agency or council.
You also benefit from the joined-up way we work in Camden, where there's very close communication between fostering supervising social workers, the children’s social workers and our specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) for children in care.
Some of the benefits of fostering with Camden are:
- no council tax bill for Camden residents
- up to 66% of council tax paid if you live outside of the borough of Camden
- generous fees and allowances throughout the year
- retention payments for 2, 5, 10, 15 & 20 years
- free borough wide parking in pay & display and residents bays
- free Ring door bell
- Blue Light Card membership
- a £900 thank you paid if you refer a friend or family member and they are successfully approved as a foster carer
- a laptop to complete admin tasks
Tax breaks for every foster carer
All foster carers benefit from significant tax breaks.
You will not pay tax on the first £18,140 you earn from fostering. You also won’t have to pay tax on some of your earnings over this amount – that’s because you receive tax relief for every week a child is in your care.
Find out more about tax arrangements for foster carers.