Why do we specialise in Permanence?
Sadly, for many children ‘looked after‘, breakdown of their placements continues and moving from one set of carers to another does not allow them to be helped through their emotional and behavioural difficulties. The hope for these children rests with finding a permanent home with skilled, trained, supported carers to allow children to work through their pain and difficulties without the fear of their attitudes and behaviours resulting in yet another rejection.

Cornerstone carers are committed to providing a stable family life for as long as the children need them, including beyond their time in care. Children are loved and valued as individuals and raised as if they were their natural children. Being part of a family assists a child to feel he or she belongs, so enabling him or her to look forward as well as backwards in a ‘safe place‘; to learn in a natural way from adults and to prepare for independence. Many of the children we have placed have subsequently been adopted by their foster carers. We support our families throughout the adoption process itself and then continue after the adoption order has been granted.