Fostering Allowances and Foster Parent Fees

RFI - 2696

Thank you for your request for information received on 8th September
2010. I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 I have passed your request to relevant colleagues, and we will
respond to your request within 20 working days of receipt.

Regards,

Gemma

Gemma Snowball
Senior Admin Assistant
Chief Executives Office
Corporate Services
0191 211 6574 / x26574

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Dear Sir / Madam,

Please find attached our formal response to your Freedom of Information
request of 9^th September.

I trust this resolves your query.

Thanks

Anthony

<<FOI response 2696.doc>> <<FOSTER A FUTURE Scheme of Allowances.doc>>

Anthony Francis

Lead Financial Specialist (Children's Services)

Chief Executives Office

Newcastle City Council Tel
+44 0191 2116919 x26919

Civic Centre Fax
+44 0191 211 4817

Newcastle upon Tyne e-mail
[email address]

NE99 1RD

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Dear A Williams,

Please find below our response to your further query.

Yours sincerely,

Anthony Francis

Why are Foster parents in receipt of Tier 3 Fees paid more to maintain
foster children than foster parents in receipt of Tier 1 & Tier fees?

As per the Foster a Future Scheme of Allowances Tier 3 is a specialist
rate for those carers looking after young people who would meet the
criteria for 'specialist multi - dimensional treatment fostering'.
These are young people who have the highest level of need and present
challenges for their daily care.
Tier 3 foster carers provide specialist care to young people who have
been identified as requiring an intensive support package who due to
their needs require more intense support from the foster carer and as
such there is usually at least one non working foster carer.

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Dear A Williams,

Please see below some real life examples of children within tier 3:

Example 1
Child in placement with multiple disabilities, life limiting illness,
needs 24 hr supervision, under constant medication for his condition.
Is with a single carer who does not work.

Example 2
Child with a significant learning disability, attends a special needs
school, has a disability linked to severe burns at a younger age that
she requires constant treatment for requires extreme levels of care and
supervision.

Yours sincerely

Anthony Francis

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