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 Emergency Fostering
Fostering Service, Family Placement Unit - June 2007
fostering@kirklees.gov.uk
A child or young person will need to come into public care if there are serious concerns about their safety and need immediate protection. As a first step the social worker will be exploring whether there are family or friends who could care for them but if not they will contact the Family Placement Unit to see if there is a foster home where they could stay whilst their whole situation is assessed .
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A fostering placement is usually the first choice for all children and young people when they first become "Looked After". This may not be possible for some young people aged 13+ ,because there are generally fewer carers available for this age range and sometimes residential care might be the best alternative for that individual rather than another family setting.
If a foster home is needed there are two types of foster carers who take children in this situation -
Emergency carers
Short term carers
Emergency Carers need to be flexible as they are required to take children and young people of any age at very short notice including at night, weekends and holiday periods. They may not stay for long, sometimes only for a few days; in a situation where there has been a big fall out at home and this can then be resolved sufficiently for the problems to be worked on whist they are at home. For younger children they may need to remain in Care longer whilst their need and situation is assessed. They would move on to short term carers.
It is usual for Emergency carers to have previous experience of being short-term foster carers
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