Leeds foster carer’s ‘rewarding’ job with 70 babies

A foster mum who has cared for 70 babies has spoken about how rewarding it is to see them thrive.

Janet Wilcock often takes in tots whose mothers are addicted to alcohol or drugs and cares for them for anything from a few days up to two years, as they wait for adoption.

Nominated in the Carer category at the recent BBC Radio Leeds Make a Difference awards, most of the babies she has looked after had been born suffering the effects of drug withdrawal.

“By the time they move on they have got rid of most of their pain and everything that they go through,” she said. “It is a challenging job but it is very rewarding at the end.”