Swiis Foster Care Scotland - Fife

Apr 5th, 2019

Mar 12th, 2019

Excellent service and great staff
Nov 24th, 2018

Very good company who care for their workers and also the young people whom are under their care.
Jun 29th, 2018

I have to say, for all the reviews Ive seen, I dont agree with any of them. Ive been really disappointed with Swiis and wont be considering them in future. My husband and I had been considering fostering for quite some time. It had been the forefront of a lot of discussions for us and we were really nervous but so excited. We knew we were ready and so made that huge step and requested the initial call. Id gone through the first set of questions and was told I would require another call to gather some information and to provide me with more information on what foster care entails. This was great and we were so excited that the call was scheduled for just a couple of days later. I was 100% honest in every aspect of the call. No stone left unturned. I wanted Swiis to know exactly who we were, what our backgrounds were like and what kind of foster parents we would be. I was honest about being put on medication 6 months prior for situational depression, which came about as a result of COVID, working from home, a family bereavement and several COVID illnesses all happening at the one time. I explained that my GP would be happy to confirm I was fit and that my medication and mental health were 100% under control and that it was purely due to all the various different aspects of my life peaking at the same time. The girl I spoke to was lovely and said everything sounded great. She confirmed her manger would review all the information and get back to us however I specifically asked if anything I had said had given her cause for concern. I didnt want to get my hopes up if it was obvious to her we werent suitable however she confirmed that everything sounded great to her and that it would just need to be checked by her manager. Imagine my surprise when I receive a phone call telling me we were being deferred for a whole year. She also said to spend the next year getting some experience of challenging behaviours under our belts. This, despite the fact that the website states, Although it helps to have some experience caring for children, Swiis offer a wealth of training and support to make sure you'll make an outstanding foster carer. Im not 100% sure why the wealth of training and support couldnt extend to myself and my husband in that respect however if Im honest, it really just feels like weve been lied to as I know a couple who were given the green light to come along to the first group in Fife, one of whom takes medication for their mental health. Swiis definitely know this too as another Fostering agency had recommended she come off the medication before starting foster care and Swiis thought that this was a terrible thing to have advised her and said that they wouldnt want that. I was so upset at the thought of having to wait a whole year before well even be considered again that I didnt even know what to say when I was on the phone. I was speechless. I just didnt expect that at all with how incredible a company Swiis sounds like from the website. Shocked would be an understatement. Its really tarnished the whole thing for us which is a shame because we dont have any children and could offer so much time, love, compassion and nurturing to someone who really needed it. How can you determine someones fitness to care for another person based on a phone call? If it takes you multiple stages to decide someones good enough to do it, you should probably take the same amount of time to decide that they arent. Over 80,000 children are in care or away from home in the UK, thousands of families are needed, but not ours.
Dec 3rd, 2020