What is the difference between foster care and therapeutic foster care?

What is the difference between foster care and therapeutic foster care?

Both types of foster care involve post-licensing training. Traditional foster care requires nine hours. However, in therapeutic foster care, the need for ongoing support and guidance intensifies. These parents can expect to perform 28 hours of post-licensing training.

What does therapeutic fostering mean?

Therapeutic fostering is a specialist type of foster care that is tailored to support children and young people who may have dealt with trauma, abuse or any other kind of severe disruption prior to being placed into foster care. This type of fostering is known as therapeutic foster care.

What is considered therapeutic care?

Therapeutic treatment is any form of treatment that is administered to treat or cure disease, physical disorder or injury. That said, a therapy or treatment that serves to alleviate the symptoms of a condition — as opposed to curing the condition — might also be considered a therapeutic treatment.

Is therapeutic foster care permanent?

Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) caters to the physical, emotional and social needs of children and youths in a supportive family setting until the natural family can be reunited or a permanent placement through adoption can be arranged.

How much do respite foster carers get paid?

Carers who provide respite care are paid pro-rata for each day of care, i.e. one-seventh of the appropriate weekly fee for any complete or part day of care provided.

Is fostering a good income?

The amount of allowance paid depends on the type of care and the age of the child or young person. Foster carers are also paid a variety of expenses. On average, national Private (Independent) Fostering Agencies pay a basic weekly fostering allowance and fee of £450 per week, for all ages of foster children.

How much tax do you pay as a foster carer?

However the majority of foster carers do not pay tax on their fostering payments. All foster carers need to register with HM Revenue and Customs and complete an annual tax return, even if you do not need to pay tax on your fostering payments. Foster carers can use a tax scheme called Qualifying Care Relief (QCR).