Short term foster placements
What is short term fostering?
Well this isn’t actually an easy question to answer. We’ve honestly had “short term placements” which have lasted for years, and ones which have ended after only 1 night.
Short term is essentially any placement of a child, where the long term plan isn’t for them to remain with you the carer or in fostering. However, be warned, often there is a lot of uncertainty about plans for children which can take years to be resolved.
This might mean a short term placement doesn’t become permanent for many years. They can turn into long term placements.
Sometimes people applying to us might say, “we only want short term placements”, this is fine. It’s often a bit daunting thinking about starting fostering and agreeing to care for a child for many years. Don’t worry – we always support are carers if short term is what they want to do, but we always say, plans change – and a child might be placed with you for a few weeks, but end up staying with you for several years because this is the right thing for them and you.
