Who can offer emergency foster care?

When it is unsafe for a vulnerable child to be at home, emergency foster care provides them with a place to stay. One of the top fostering organisations is UK Fostering. We offer both short-term and long-term placements. Children and teenagers who, in an emergency, need temporary foster care, especially when there is a serious risk of harm at home, include: The child is put in danger by domestic violence. A house fire or mishap. The child's parent or guardian became unwell or unexpectedly passed away. Foster parents provide a safe haven for children in need in these pressing circumstances and comfort them during these unsettling and difficult moments. Emergency foster care arrangements may be required at any moment, day or night. We are able to help children and teenagers in these critical situations because we provide local authorities with 24-hour placement service. Emergency foster care placements often last for one or two nights while social workers assess the kid's living ...