Foster Care Ethos.

This includes consideration for the life cycle of their family. Five Rivers does not support ‘conventional wisdom’ that as time goes on there is less need for support. We now feel that to reduce support to a ‘called for’ basis helps de-stabilise the placement.

The infrastructure of support is essential to the success of the placement, and is therefore available throughout the service. This support provided to foster carers covers a wide range of services, including the following:- Ongoing financial support commensurate with the task. A flexible support package which enables foster carers to have a babysitting service, an emergency stop over and / or time out for family and / or child / young person.

Access to a range of experts on a consultancy basis where required including psychologists, psychiatrists, educational psychologists, play therapists and family therapists.

Ongoing liaison with the foster carers which is viewed as essential support not only because of the need to have information and discussions, but also because it recognises that different issues are relevant at different stages of development in the child / young person’s care and the family adjustment of the child / young person.

Five Rivers Family Placement Service provides access to the Fostering Network, BAAF, SCA and a number of organisations for all of our families so as to link them nationally with other leading bodies providing them with an independent service and advice and forums should they need an independant view.

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