Shared care
Shared care is designed for families who need short breaks or extra help caring for a child. By providing care for a few days or weekends, you’ll give guardians the breathing space they need while making a positive difference in a child’s life. Discover how shared care works and why it could be the perfect way to start your fostering journey.
Shared care is a scheme which provides care in a home environment for a child or young person with a disability.
Looking after a child or young person with a disability can be enormously rewarding and if you have a minimum of one weekend a month and time during school holidays, shared care could be for you.
Shared care foster carers are recruited and approved in the same way as any other foster carer and receive allowances, training and support through the shared care scheme in the same way. Any requirement for special equipment will be assessed as part of this process.
