Fosterli is the applicant tracking and assessment platform for UK fostering agencies and local authorities. Every enquiry, form, check and panel pack in one connected system, with every applicant kept in the loop.
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Why Fosterli exists
Fosterli was founded by Rasheda Fry, a fostering social worker who saw suitable families left waiting, not because they were unready, but because fragmented systems and unnecessary administration slowed the process around them.
She built the platform she needed and could not find, one designed around how fostering assessments actually work. Every workflow, form and checklist comes from the front line, and when you talk to us, you talk to someone who knows the pressures first-hand.
The problem
Every week an assessment is delayed is another week a child waits for the right family. Most of an eight month assessment is not social work; it is admin, chasing and disconnected processes. That is the part Fosterli removes.
A typical assessment today
~8 months
Data entry & Compliance Prep
Chasing documents & applicant tasks
QA processes and feedback
Panel Submission
With Fosterli
~5 months, illustrative
Guided Forms
Compliance
QA Feedback
Panel QA
Time handed back
More capacity for new assessments and more time to support the families already progressing.
What Fosterli does
Build a stronger fostering pipeline.
Capture every enquiry, keep follow-up moving and help more suitable people take the next step towards fostering.
Learn moreManage assessment in one connected workflow.
Bring social workers, managers and applicants together to complete tasks, share information and keep progress moving.
Learn moreReach panel ready and confident.
Build a complete, consistent assessment pack from the work already done, with fewer gaps, delays and last-minute chases.
Learn moreThe platform
The assessor's view of Fosterli: every family, where they are and how far along, with the same record open to applicants, assessors and managers at the same time.
How it works
Fosterli follows the same journey your agency already runs. We just remove the friction at every stage.
Select a stage to learn more.
What happensSomeone gets in touch to ask what fostering might involve, often after years of thinking about it.
How Fosterli helpsPipeline tracking keeps every enquiry visible, so interest is followed up before it fades.
What happensFollowing an initial home visit, the applicants are invited to make an application to Foster.
How Fosterli helpsTrack every application while guided digital forms make it easier to complete and progress.
What happensThe fullest part of the journey, bringing together various assessment forms, visits, life history, checks and references.
How Fosterli helpsBespoke forms for every assessment, with seamless completion, applicant collaboration and manager feedback in one connected workflow.
What happensThe assessment is quality assured and shared with applicants, then prepared and presented to panel.
How Fosterli helpsAuto-generated panel packs remove the final admin burden, so teams can submit knowing everything is compliant and included.
What happensPanel makes its recommendation and the agency decision maker makes the final approval.
How Fosterli helpsOne complete record gathers all final decisions. A well prepared and committed foster family is approved weeks sooner.
Complete visibility. Connected teams. Better outcomes for children.
We are onboarding a founding cohort of fostering agencies. Founding partners help shape what Fosterli becomes, with direct access to the team building it.
We set the platform up with your team, migrate active assessments and remain on hand to support a smooth move into the platform.
Founding partners work closely with our founders. Your feedback shapes what we build next, with the needs of your service heard early and prioritised.
Pricing is based on agency size and active assessments, with no per-seat charges, so your whole team can use it. Join early and that preferential rate stays in place as Fosterli grows.
From Insights
A strong fostering assessment keeps Fostering Applicants informed, involved and connected, helping them feel prepared and supported for the realities of becoming Foster Carers.
Better assessment visibility helps services spot delay early, forecast likely approvals and understand how the pipeline is translating into future capacity.
Recruitment targets fail when services attract more Fostering Applicants than their assessment teams can progress, creating delay, disengagement and pressure across the pipeline.
Book a 30-minute demo with Rasheda. See the platform, ask the hard questions, and find out if the founding cohort is right for your agency.
