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Members from all areas of the country are contacting us to tell us they are sick or self isolating and their foster children have been moved. As a result they are getting no pay, that's no money to pay rent or mortgage and maintain a home so that children can return
We have a national shortage of foster carers and every prediction seems to suggest that more foster care places will be needed as this crisis develops. The government is now lifting the limit from 3 up to 5 unrelated children within fostering households. This is very concerning
This will put children and their carers under increased stress as people try to adjust to ongoing lockdown with people who are new to your family. This will potentially cause an increased spread of the virus but foster carers are still not entitled to and sick pay. Not a penny
Foster carers will absolutely try their best to accommodate new children but with less supervision, less oversight and little opportunity to leave the house their will inevitably be problems. It is time we introduced some nation guidelines to support f carers if they become ill
