Short-term fostering
 |
This is most people’s idea of fostering. Once you become an approved foster carer, children will come to stay with you for several weeks or months until they can either return home or move on to adoption or long-term fostering.
Children often feel upset and confused about living away from home. So, as well as offering a welcoming home, you will also need to be a good listener and comforter.
Short-term fostering can be exciting and very rewarding – you never know who will be coming to stay or for how long. Over the years, you will play a vital part in helping many children to feel safe and happy while they are with you.
You will then prepare them to move on to a secure future. Even years later children will write to let you know how they’re getting on and one day they may even bring their own children to visit you.
On the other hand it can sometimes be upsetting to say goodbye to children you’ve become very fond of. Short term fostering can also be demanding – physically and emotionally, but there is always support and help available.
Never forget …
"When we get the photos out it makes us think about all the children and all the times we’ve had. Some photos have us laughing and some still bring a lump to our throats."We’ll never forget any of them. And they never forget us. We must get the biggest sack of Christmas cards in Leicester."
Terry and Barbara – foster carers since 1974 for all ages
Want to know more?
If you would like to know more about short-term fostering, then please contact us.