Sandra – Business Development Manager Before joining UK Fostering, Sandra had worked in London for 27 years, obtaining a wealth of admin exposure and spent 18 years within a Private Equity company. Sandra’s role, during that time, covered many aspects of the daily running of the business; from compliance, company secretarial, IT, mentoring, investor relations…
Rhiannon – Care Leaver Advisor My name is Rhiannon Blomley and I am in my third and final year studying Criminology and Sociology at The University of Nottingham. I have been a care leaver since the age of 17 and had previously been in care from the ages of 7-17. I mainly support myself at…
Nick – Care Leaver, Trainer and Fostering Consultant to UK Fostering I went into foster care when I was 13 years old and stayed with my foster carers for 9 years. I suffered 3 years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse at the hands of a family member. When I went into foster care I…
Trudy – Consultant Therapist Trudy Darien consultant and founder of Acacia Consultancy has worked in the care profession with looked after children and young people for over 20 years. Trudy has managed and set up children’s homes in a consultancy capacity, and developed a training programme which gives practitioners an insight into Therapeutic Child Care…
Julienne – Administrator Julienne has a varied background having starting her working life in the travel and leisure industry and moving in to, sales, customer service, export and the 3rd sector, many of these in an administrative environment. Julienne joined the team in 2014 in an administrative role to undertake the statutory checks for applicants…
Sharon – Family Finder I started with UK Fostering in August 2016 as a Placement and Recruitment Officer for the South East area, before this I worked within the education sector, providing education to young people from 16-24 years old. I have 14 years’ experience of working and interacting with young people to ensure they…
Lynsey – Senior Recruitment Officer Lynsey has over 10 years’ experience within the fostering sector. She has previously worked in a Local Authority Placement Team matching foster and residential placements in-house and with the independence sector. She has also lead a Referrals Team within the independent sector, as well as supporting people to consider becoming…
Robyn – Family Finder I started my journey with UK Fostering in October 2023 as a Recruitment and Family Finding Officer. During my time at UK Fostering, it has been a pleasure to work alongside all my lovely colleagues and see all the positive outcomes we achieve for children everyday. Previously to working with UK…
Amar Dhull – MD / RI /ADM Amar has worked within the education, charity and Fostering sector for over 25 years. Amar has built and developed his own private school in India now educating over 1500 pupils and has followed this up by developing free schools for children in India via his charity (Ukindo) set…
Urs Bielmann – CEO / Registered Manager Urs Bielmann is a founding Director of UK Fostering and has been working in the social work field for over 20 years. Urs is the Ofsted ‘Registered Manager’ and is based in the Head Office in Dartford. Urs Bielmann studied Social Pedagogy in Switzerland and managed a small…