Short breaks foster care for disabled children

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Short breaks foster carers provide regular overnight care to children and young people with disabilities in York.

If you can’t commit to full time fostering, but want to give something back to your community, short breaks foster care for children with disabilities can be a great option.

You don't need formal qualifications to become a short break foster carer for disabled children, but you should:

understand and like children
have plenty of common sense
demonstrate patience
show willingness to learn
have a sense of humour
be flexible and adapt to different situations

You need to be able to commit for a minimum of two to three years, and to be able to offer overnight stays. It would be very useful to have experience of caring for a child or young person with a disability.

To care for a child from another family you must be willing to work in partnership with the child's family and Children's Services.

Find out more about the process to be approved as a Short Breaks Foster Carer for disabled children.