Emergency fostering
Emergency care could be needed at any time of the day or night.
Request your free guide to fostering todayUsually, emergency fostering is for a short period of time, until a permanent home is found or until the young person can safely return to their family home.
This means that emergency foster carers need to be flexible, patient, calm, organised and ready to go when called on.
An emergency situation could mean that a child could be in danger if not removed from their current home. This could cause trauma, emotional and/or behavioural issues – all of which we have seen before. We have the right training and tools to support our emergency foster carers, enabling them to deal with whatever situation they are faced with.
Being an emergency foster carer is a varied and rewarding role. Providing a safe, calm environment for what may be a traumatic situation is key to the success of an emergency arrangement. Facilitating a young person to carry on with their day to day life, if practical and possible, for the short time they are in emergency foster care, can help them to deal with the difficult situation they are in.
You may also need to liaise with professionals, birth parents and the child or young person's extended family to make sure the young person can process and adjust to the current and future changes in their life.
Want to know more about fostering with us? Request your free guide to fostering today.
