Social Care Foster Care Placements
Answers to Unit 9
1)There are different uses of foster care placements and amongst them the main ones are as follow:
*EMERGENCY-where children need to stay somewhere safe for a few nights,
*SHORT -TERM-cares look after children for a few weeks /months while plans are being made for children’s future,
*SHORT BREAKS-for disable children,with special needs or behavioural difficulties who stay for a while with a family so they parents/carers can have a break,
*REMAND-for young people remanded by a court to be looked after by a specially trained carer,
*TASK CENTRED-providing opportunity for assessment,treatment and /or bridge of independence.These placements are usually planned for up to six months,
*LONG TERM-children who go to long –term foster care and stay there until they are adults usually 18+ and become independent.
*FAMILY and FRIENDS –a child goes tom live with someone they already know,usually a family member.
2)The majority of children looked after are placed with foster carers.Approximately two thirds of children looked after are living in fostering arrangaments.All foster carers are approved and regulated via the Fostering Service Regulation ,Guidance and National Minimum Standards.
The remaining third of children looked after live in children’s homes ,residential schools,specialist therapeutic provisions and can be living at home.
Children looked after whom return home should only do so as a part of reconciliation process.
3) There are a number of reasons why a child may be ‘looked after’ by the local authority. Most often it is because the child’s parents or the people who have parental responsibilities and rights to look after the child are unable to care for their children(illness,mental health problems,violence,family breakdown,single parent with no support), have been neglecting/abusing them or the child has committed an offence. The local authority has specific responsibilities
1)There are different uses of foster care placements and amongst them the main ones are as follow:
*EMERGENCY-where children need to stay somewhere safe for a few nights,
*SHORT -TERM-cares look after children for a few weeks /months while plans are being made for children’s future,
*SHORT BREAKS-for disable children,with special needs or behavioural difficulties who stay for a while with a family so they parents/carers can have a break,
*REMAND-for young people remanded by a court to be looked after by a specially trained carer,
*TASK CENTRED-providing opportunity for assessment,treatment and /or bridge of independence.These placements are usually planned for up to six months,
*LONG TERM-children who go to long –term foster care and stay there until they are adults usually 18+ and become independent.
*FAMILY and FRIENDS –a child goes tom live with someone they already know,usually a family member.
2)The majority of children looked after are placed with foster carers.Approximately two thirds of children looked after are living in fostering arrangaments.All foster carers are approved and regulated via the Fostering Service Regulation ,Guidance and National Minimum Standards.
The remaining third of children looked after live in children’s homes ,residential schools,specialist therapeutic provisions and can be living at home.
Children looked after whom return home should only do so as a part of reconciliation process.
3) There are a number of reasons why a child may be ‘looked after’ by the local authority. Most often it is because the child’s parents or the people who have parental responsibilities and rights to look after the child are unable to care for their children(illness,mental health problems,violence,family breakdown,single parent with no support), have been neglecting/abusing them or the child has committed an offence. The local authority has specific responsibilities