Five Rivers Child Care shares one of the ways it looks to help create a supportive and caring family environment around children who have been in a children’s home and need to be nearer their siblings.
An important piece of work is carried out with children when they are ready to step across into foster families. This work involves a multi-disciplinary assessment of the child’s needs, a core part of which is taking all that we have learnt and come to know about a child to help to find them a suitable foster home.
We have recently seen news of how thousands of siblings are separated in care and the devastating impact this can have. Navigating complex family structures, whilst safely meeting children’s needs and wishes, to find a suitable home in the wake of a serious deficit of foster families can be challenging.
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