Foster Care Service

Service Target

• Foster Care Service and Emergency Foster Care Service provide care for children aged under 18 years of age. Foster Care Service (Day Care) provides care for children aged under 10 years of age.
• Apart from normal children, foster care service is also rendered to children with special needs, such as mildly physically or mentally handicapped children and children with health problems.

Service Objectives

• To establish children's welfare plans according to their individual needs, and to ensure children enjoy stable family life and receive adequate care in foster families.
• To protect and promote children's health and welfare, work on children's holistic growth and development.

Service Capacity

Services Provided

• Matching foster children with suitable foster families to ensure stable family life for the children.
• Supervision and support for foster families, ensuring adequate care is given to foster children.
• Counseling is provided to foster children through regular visits. Welfare plans are developed based on the foster children's individual needs.

Charges

Admission & discharge of residential child care service

• All applications are referred to the Home via the Central Referral System for Central Foster Care Unit of SWD. For Emergency / Short-term SGH and Emergency Foster Care Service Referral, please contact the Home directly. Generally, children leaving the service will go through the joint conference participated by the Referring Officer, the Home's social worker and the child's parents / guardians.
• If a child’s behaviour creates immediate danger to other inmates and / or carers, the Home can discharge the child from the service immediately.

Becoming Foster Parents