Foster Parent Responsibilities
Foster parents are a part of a team. This team includes the child, the child's family, the child's social worker, the foster parent's resource social worker, and other service providers involved with the child's care. This team works together to return the child to their family whenever possible.
The responsibilities of a foster parent include:
- Providing the child with a safe home, nourishing meals, appropriate clothing and accommodation (including a separate bed for each child, though not necessarily a separate room). You must also provide a warm, nurturing environment with guidance and supervision that responds to the child's individual needs and ethnic/cultural heritage.
- Working collaboratively with the child's family, the child's worker, and other professionals involved with the child in developing and carrying out a plan of care. Making sure you inform them of any relevant developments that affect the child.
- Meeting regularly with the resource social worker, and telling the worker about any changes in the home. The resource worker will need to know if foster parents are planning to move to another home for instance, or if a relative or another person will be coming to live in the home.
- Ensuring regular contact between the child and the child's family and cultural community, whenever appropriate. The foster parent and other members of the team plan and arrange these contacts together.
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