Permanency fostering - carers take a child who is specifically matched to their family. The idea is that carers offer a permanent home. Normally any child placed would be between 7 and 12 at the time of placement. The following leaflet can be downloaded. Remand fostering - carers take young people into their homes who are remanded into the care of the Local Authority.
Placements tend to be no longer than three months.
Carers for this scheme need to have experience of working with young people and one adult in the household must be available during the day to escort young people to court or meetings with solicitors. The following leaflet can be downloaded. Adolescent Fostering Scheme - carers are given specialist training and support to look after teenagers who are quite challenging. For example, young people who are permanently out of school, in trouble with the police, or who have had other foster placements which didn't work out. Carers need to have experience of working with teenagers and one adult in the household must be available during the day.