Foster carers needed in Odiham
Odiham is a Hart village of roughly 5,600 people in the north east corner of Hampshire, and the parish takes in North Warnborough and RAF Odiham with it. South Coast Fostering covers the parish and the farmland around it.
What do you need to be a foster carer?
One bedroom, the child’s own, not shared with a child of yours. Babies are the exception at the start and can sleep in a crib in your room.
The second question is whether your week has any give in it. Odiham is a village. The school run, the supermarket and the contact session are three separate drives, and at least one of them ends in Basingstoke or Winchester.
Support you'll receive from us
- 24/7 support from your supervising social worker
- £507.50 a week in fostering allowance and fees to foster
- Intensive training program to help you be the best you can be
Where are we recruiting?
Odiham and North Warnborough first, then Greywell, South Warnborough, Long Sutton, Well, Upton Grey, Winchfield, Dogmersfield, Hook, Rotherwick and Crondall. Fleet and Basingstoke are close enough that carers move between the three. Phone 023 8235 2020. The Hampshire fostering page has our pay and the January 2026 Ofsted report.
Odiham
Why a settled address counts here
The parish includes the RAF station, so a share of the people living in Odiham arrive on a posting and leave on one. That is ordinary service life and nobody should apologise for it. It does mean the households that have been here twenty years are worth more to a child in care than their numbers suggest, because a placement needs the same address at the end of it as at the start.
If you are serving and thinking about fostering, say so on the first call and we will be straight with you about what your posting cycle allows. Odiham Parish Council counts around 5,680 residents. It only takes a handful of them.
Next Steps
Depending on where you are in your fostering journey, we have a few suggested next steps.
Download Our Guide To Fostering
Arrange for a call back
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book a call about fostering:
We’d be happy to give you a 15-20 minute call to tell you about fostering. Don’t worry, there’s no pressure from us – it’s honestly a chance for you to ask us any questions you have about fostering, and your suitability. Just complete this short form
