Service Description: Fostering is substitute family care for children and young people who, for a variety of reasons, are unable to live with their own families. Services available via the Fostering Service are Long Term Fostering, Short Term Fostering, Respite Care, Day Care Providers, Family Link and Combined Accomodation Scheme (CAS). The service currently consists of 3 Units and a Fostering Duty Worker.
Answer: There are many different reason why children need to be placed in foster care. Children may be removed from their family home because of neglect or abuse, parental drug or alcohol misuse, but those are not the only reasons. Sometimes parents are unable to care for their children safely or adequately owing to circumstances beyond their control, such as mental illness, trauma, the break up of a marriage or relationship.