Services A-Z
Private fostering
If someone is looking after your child for 28 days or more, and not a close relative or or approved foster carer, this could be private fostering, and you have a legal duty to tell the Council.
Further Information
Contact details
- Social Care Direct
- Email: socialcaredirect@edinburgh.gov.uk
- Telephone: 0131 200 2324
- Chesser House
500 Gorgie Road
Edinburgh
EH11 3YJ
- Social care out of hours and public holidays
- Telephone: 0800 731 6969 (free)
- Waverley Court
4 East Market Street
Edinburgh
EH8 8BG
Availability
Calls answered Monday to Thursday: 8.30am - 5.00pm, Friday: 8.30am - 3.40pm.
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