Short-term fostering
Short-term fostering Ideal if you can offer flexibility and emotional resilience.
Short-term fostering means caring for a child for anything from a few days to a couple of years while decisions are made about their future.
What is short-term fostering?
Short-term fostering is the most common type of fostering. You’ll offer stability and support during a period of uncertainty.
The need for short term fostering may arise from:
- Parents being unwell.
- Parents finding it difficult to care for a child at a particular time.
- A child waiting to be adopted.
- A family going through care proceedings.
How short-term fostering differs from other types of fostering
- You might have more frequent contact with children’s birth families
- You might need to be involved in more meetings or court appearances about the future of the children
- You might be involved in introducing children to their new adoptive families
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