Parental controls for foster care

Parental controls for foster care

Most parental controls for foster care are built for families, not for children who know how to get round them. Voop is therapeutic digital safeguarding: protections your foster child can’t remove, help fast if they go missing, and no battles at bedtime.

Most parental controls for foster care are built for families, not for children who know how to get round them. Voop is therapeutic digital safeguarding: protections your foster child can’t remove, help fast if they go missing, and no battles at bedtime.

Why other parental controls fall short
in foster care

Classic parental controls

Voop

Can my foster child remove it?

Easily removed with a factory reset, a deleted app or a VPN.

Can’t be removed or switched off.

Can my foster child remove it?

Classic parental controls

Easily removed with a factory reset, a deleted app or a VPN.

Voop

Can’t be removed or switched off.

Will they feel singled out?

Locked-down kids’ phones and modes that stand out.

A normal-looking smartphone, with settings they can see.

Will they feel singled out?

Classic parental controls

Locked-down kids’ phones and modes that stand out.

Voop

A normal-looking smartphone, with settings they can see.

Can I stop unsafe contact?

Contact controls vary from app to app.

Approved contacts only, with an alert if a blocked number tries.

Can I stop unsafe contact?

Classic parental controls

Contact controls vary from app to app.

Voop

Approved contacts only, with an alert if a blocked number tries.

What if they go missing?

Location sharing for parents only.

Temporary emergency location sharing for you and their social worker.

What if they go missing?

Classic parental controls

Location sharing for parents only.

Voop

Temporary emergency location sharing for you and their social worker.

Bedtime without a battle?

Downtime schedules, set by a parent.

Bedtime switches off distractions automatically.

Bedtime without a battle?

Classic parental controls

Downtime schedules, set by a parent.

Voop

Bedtime switches off distractions automatically.

Made for life in a foster home

Proportionate safeguarding without surveillance

Children can see their settings, and nothing they say or send is recorded. Always-on, per-child protections uphold their rights and your safeguarding duties.

Child in a red hat and yellow coat exploring woodland with a stick

88%

of Voop users reported feeling improved independence.

Proportionate safeguarding without surveillance

Children can see their settings, and nothing they say or send is recorded. Always-on, per-child protections uphold their rights and your safeguarding duties.

Child in a red hat and yellow coat exploring woodland with a stick

88%

of Voop users reported feeling improved independence.

Proportionate safeguarding without surveillance

Children can see their settings, and nothing they say or send is recorded. Always-on, per-child protections uphold their rights and your safeguarding duties.

Child in a red hat and yellow coat exploring woodland with a stick

88%

of Voop users reported feeling improved independence.

Young woman looking at her phone on a bus

2hrs

Average missing episodes under 2 hrs. Volume of missing incidents halved.

Spot risks early, find missing children fast

Carers can intervene early to prevent missing incidents. Alerts and insights inform therapeutic coaching and, in emergencies, help teams resolve risk together.

Young woman looking at her phone on a bus

2hrs

Average missing episodes under 2 hrs. Volume of missing incidents halved.

Spot risks early, find missing children fast

Carers can intervene early to prevent missing incidents. Alerts and insights inform therapeutic coaching and, in emergencies, help teams resolve risk together.

Young woman looking at her phone on a bus

2hrs

Average missing episodes under 2 hrs. Volume of missing incidents halved.

Spot risks early, find missing children fast

Carers can intervene early to prevent missing incidents. Alerts and insights inform therapeutic coaching and, in emergencies, help teams resolve risk together.

Calmer homes

Alongside Voop’s app & website settings, phones automatically reduce distractions with Bedtime, removing a common source of daily carer-child drama. Everyone sleeps better.

Young person cooking at the hob in a kitchen

72%

of carers reported less conflict at home.

Calmer homes

Alongside Voop’s app & website settings, phones automatically reduce distractions with Bedtime, removing a common source of daily carer-child drama. Everyone sleeps better.

Young person cooking at the hob in a kitchen

72%

of carers reported less conflict at home.

Calmer homes

Alongside Voop’s app & website settings, phones automatically reduce distractions with Bedtime, removing a common source of daily carer-child drama. Everyone sleeps better.

Young person cooking at the hob in a kitchen

72%

of carers reported less conflict at home.

For kinship carers and fostering agencies

Kinship care and special guardianship

Grandparents, relatives and family friends get the same protections, Bedtime and help if a child goes missing. You can get Voop directly, without going through an agency.

Fostering agencies and local authorities

Give every carer the same protections, with changes recorded in a shared audit log so supervising social workers stay involved. Local authorities can buy through the Spark DPS (RM6094).

See parental controls for children in care and for children’s homes.

Simple for your team. Safer for every child.
In three simple steps.

Laptop showing the Voop web app, with a green tick

Set up your team

Invite your care team and add the children in your care. Our Customer Success team guides you through it.

Phone showing the phone features screen in the Voop app

Give each child a Voop-enabled phone

A modern smartphone with protections built in, and transparent settings agreed with each child.

Laptop showing a Voop alert, with a warning sign

Look after them from anywhere

Any carer, at any time, can update settings, turn on Bedtime and get alerts from the Voop app.

Questions about parental controls for foster care

Will my foster child feel singled out?

No. It’s a normal-looking smartphone, and the child app works like any other. They can see their own settings, and nothing they say or send is recorded.

Will my foster child feel singled out?

No. It’s a normal-looking smartphone, and the child app works like any other. They can see their own settings, and nothing they say or send is recorded.

Can’t they just remove it?

No. Voop’s protections are built into the phone and its connection, so they can’t be deleted, reset or switched off, on wifi or mobile data.

Can’t they just remove it?

No. Voop’s protections are built into the phone and its connection, so they can’t be deleted, reset or switched off, on wifi or mobile data.

Do I still have to take the phone away at night?

No. Bedtime switches off distractions automatically at the time you’ve agreed with your child.

Do I still have to take the phone away at night?

No. Bedtime switches off distractions automatically at the time you’ve agreed with your child.

What happens if my foster child goes missing?

Your team can turn on temporary emergency location sharing, alert everyone involved, and let your child know you want them to get in touch.

What happens if my foster child goes missing?

Your team can turn on temporary emergency location sharing, alert everyone involved, and let your child know you want them to get in touch.

Can I get Voop myself?

Yes. Foster carers, kinship carers and special guardians can get Voop directly, without going through an agency.

Can I get Voop myself?

Yes. Foster carers, kinship carers and special guardians can get Voop directly, without going through an agency.

How much does it cost?

£80 a month per young person. That covers Voop’s protections, a tamper-proof phone setup, and unlimited calls and texts with 10GB of data.

How much does it cost?

£80 a month per young person. That covers Voop’s protections, a tamper-proof phone setup, and unlimited calls and texts with 10GB of data.

Does it work on iPhone?

Not yet. Voop works on selected Android phones, because Android lets us guarantee that protections can’t be switched off. iPhone support is coming soon.

Does it work on iPhone?

Not yet. Voop works on selected Android phones, because Android lets us guarantee that protections can’t be switched off. iPhone support is coming soon.

Isn’t this surveillance?

No. Voop never reads messages or records calls, and your child can see what’s switched on and why.

Isn’t this surveillance?

No. Voop never reads messages or records calls, and your child can see what’s switched on and why.