Many foster carers have a definite interest in providing placements for children/young people or sibling groups on a long term/permanent fostering basis, usually for the remainder of a child's/young person's minority.
This generally forms part of a longer-term plan for a child or young person. In these cases, foster carers work with the children/young people to prepare them for joining adoptive or long term/permanent fostering families or for moving to semi-independent or independent living arrangements.
These usually last up to 3 months during which time a detailed assessment is made of the needs of the child/young person and the specific support services they require.
Foster carers work with the child/young person and their families for up to 6 weeks after which the child will either return home or move on.
Private fostering is an arrangement a parent makes for their child to live with someone who is not a close relative or guardian, for longer than 28 days.
Foster carers are able to accept unforeseen emergency placements for individual children or sibling groups, 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
Placements for mothers and/or fathers and their child, where foster carers can provide guidance to parents and help them develop parenting skills.
Provide a higher level of support, supervision and care for children and young people whose needs are very specific and complex.
These placements are intended for children and young people with care histories that include a variety of previous foster placements.
This involves specially trained foster parents/carers who provide care for a child on a daily basis. This takes place in the home of the foster parent and this child returns to his or her home each night.
Very short term care for disabled children in order to help support a family. This may mean looking after a child, or sibling group for anything from a couple of days, weekends, to a week or 2 at a time.
Barking and Dagenham Placement Service
512a Heathway
Dagenham
RM10 7SJ
Team Manager: Pranitha Rampersad
Private Fostering Social Worker: Vijdan Sever
Team Administrator: Chris Kiddell
Tel: 020 8227 5802 during office hours, 8.30am - 4.30pm.
Tel: 020 8227 5949 outside office hours (answerphone).
Fax: 020 8227 5998
Email: fostering@lbbd.gov.uk|
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