in england, foster carer numbers are at their highest but the increase is not keeping up with the amount of children in care. debbie has been supporting a new recruit. hi. ijust let myself in, the door was open. reilly and her girlfriend have recently been approved as a foster family. a lot of people say the process is quite invasive, which it is, you have to give them very specific details about absolutely everything. it's almost like i found it like a long, year—long therapy session. it takes a year? it can take up to a year. sometimes it takes longer. mum took two years i think. sometimes it takes two years. it depends if they've got resources and social workers to do the work. you have a young person now, tell me about that. yes, i do, i have a teenager, and she is absolutely brilliant. that is crazy. sorry to cut you off because you're