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Welcome to Beams

Beams Foster Care began their journey in 2013 when two social care managers Beryl Sims and Karen Beales had a vision, this vision was to always deliver outstanding services and care to children and young people through dedication, commitment, and determination to enable them to have high aspirations for their future. This vision has come true and evident through our foster carers, staffing team, children & young people.

Beams Foster Care’s office is based in Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk – we provide foster care for children from within Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire although this is not restricted. Our foster placements are spread across Norfolk and Suffolk – with a particular coverage around Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norwich, Lowestoft, Hopton & Oulton Broad areas, again this is not restricted.

Karen Beales – Director – now continues to take this vision forward and leads an inspiring team.

Could you be a foster carer?

What is fostering?

Foster care provides a safe, secure home for a child or young person that is no longer able to live with their parents or other members of their family.

Can I foster?

Fostering is undertaken within your home, a commitment to the child/ young person is needed to ensure all their needs are consistently met…

Why foster with Beams Foster Care?

Beams Foster Care is an established small independent fostering agency, that is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. We are proud to say that children and young people…

Statement from Ofsted:

  • “The agency supports foster carers to provide children with outstanding care. Most children make exceptional progress from their starting points and thrive in their foster families. This includes children who have complex and additional needs. The agency ensures that children who need more support receive a higher level of care that fully meets their individual needs”.

Feedback form children’s social workers includes:

  • “Children thrive. The ongoing work and commitment from their professionals and the foster carers means that they have positive future plans.’
News & Events

July Newsletter

July 15, 2024
Sensory Garden – Following our recently successful open day, we are now able to begin putting into action our idea’s for a sensory garden, and our Child and family Practitioner Dawn has been worki…

Mentoring Programme

May 16, 2024
Beams Foster Care and Family Services are introducing a new Peer Mentoring Programme that will be available to all foster carers, whether you are starting your journey at the application stage, if…

Outstanding Ofsted Rating

May 15, 2024
We are extremely proud to have been featured in the Great Yarmouth Mercury newspaper due to our recent Ofsted result: A foster care agency in Gorleston has been rated outstanding by an educatio…

How do I become a foster carer?

There are are seven important stages to your fostering journey with Beams which will take between 3-6 months to complete – We will be here to support you throughout!