How do I become a Respite Carer in the UK?
For a brief period, foster care placements are known as respite foster care. As a respite foster care provider, you must watch after a child for a week or two, perhaps around the holidays or on the weekends. The child assigned to them may be the same child placed regularly or a particular case assigned to assist another foster care provider. Most children in temporary foster care are already in full-time placement with other foster parents or occasionally with their birth parents. Such a placement is advantageous for both the foster carer and the child since it gives them a "respite" or a brief vacation from their regular caregiving responsibilities, especially for kids with special needs and challenging behaviours. Children up to 14 who have experienced a family crisis or trauma are supported by respite care. In other situations, kids may come from destitute homes and experience neglect. Children might experience anger and upset in these situations, making them hostile or un...