Plymouth seeks emergency foster carers for kids needing quick safe short-term care. Extra support is available.
Foster for Plymouth has created a support plan. The plan helps emergency foster carers a lot, giving them extra money and support. Financial help comes if children arrive after hours. Professional and peer support is also there.
Kids need emergency care for many reasons. Sometimes it is to protect them from harm. Sometimes parents are in the hospital, and the child then lacks a safe caretaker.
Councillor Laing talks about children needing safe places and says emergencies happen that demand quick action. She hopes people consider becoming emergency foster carers.
Emergency foster carers help kids for two weeks. After that, kids return home if possible, or they might also live with family. Long-term foster care could be another option.
To be a carer, you must be over 21. A spare bedroom is needed at all times, and you also need room in your heart.