foster – Children's Law Centre https://childrenslawcentre.org.uk Children's Rights Change Children's Lives Fri, 03 Jul 2020 13:50:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://childrenslawcentre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-icon_v1-32x32.png foster – Children's Law Centre https://childrenslawcentre.org.uk 32 32 What is Kinship Foster Care? https://childrenslawcentre.org.uk/faqs/what-is-kinship-foster-care/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-kinship-foster-care Fri, 03 Jul 2020 11:04:20 +0000 https://new.childrenslawcentre.org.uk/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=1677 Kinship Foster Care is when the Health and Social Care Trust places a child with someone they already know. This usually means family members such as grandparents, aunts and uncles, brothers or sisters.

]]> What is Foster Care? https://childrenslawcentre.org.uk/faqs/what-is-foster-care/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-foster-care Fri, 03 Jul 2020 11:03:43 +0000 https://new.childrenslawcentre.org.uk/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=1675 Foster Care is when a Looked After Child (LAC) is placed in a home with professional Foster Carer’s and their family. Foster Placements can be emergency, short-term or long term.

The Foster Carer will receive an allowance for providing a home for the child. Foster placements can be with Foster Parents who receive an allowance from the Trust or Private Fostering Organisations.

]]>