To qualify as a Resource Parent you must be someone who:
- is over 21 years of age
- is in good physical and emotional health
- has never been convicted of a crime
- meets state and federal safety requirements in your home
- is willing to participate in training that will enable you to provide a child with the best possible care
- will accept a child into your home and deal with the behaviors and emotions that a child displays
- can work cooperatively with Children and Youth Services
- can respect a child's feelings, values, and natural family
- can accept the temporary nature of foster care and help the child to move on
- is willing to give their best to a child
JOB DESCRIPTION
Title: Foster Parent
The goal of foster care is to provide for the physical, emotional and social needs of the children and youth that are in a "substitute family setting" until the natural family can be reunited or a permanent arrangement can be made for the child. Foster homes are providing with regular visitation and social work services so that troubled families can be reunited. When this is not possible, the foster parents care for the youth while another permanent plan for the child is implemented.
TO THE CHILD:
1. To provide a safe and comfortable environment of the child to live in with a separate bed and a place for his/her belongings.
2. To provide for the child's basic physical and emotional needs as you would your own child.
3. To provide for school attendance, monitor progress, note special needs and accomplishments.
4. To provide appropriate clothing.
5. To attend medical and dental needs, including regular checkups, as well as, attending to special needs.
6. To help the child through the grieving and adjustments process that accompanies removal from their own home to a placement.
7. To help the child maintain a realistic relationship with his/her family through cooperation with visitation and active consideration for his/her feelings. To assist the child in preparing to return home or being removed to an adoptive home.
8. To provide recreational and enrichment activities that will promote the healthy development of the child,
9. To maintain a record for the child of his/her time in care, developmental milestones, photographs, report cards, etc.
10. To provide consistent and realistic discipline and guidance that is age appropriate and does not involve corporal punishment.
TO THE AGENCY:
1. To keep the Agency informed of problems and progress of the foster child, including immediate notification if a child runs away.
2. To keep the Agency informed of changes in your home including change in address and phone number, or a change in status regarding the family members, notification before vacations, etc.
3. To be available for meetings with Agency coworkers.
4. To attend minimum of six hours of foster parent training per year.
5. To be a part of a case review when asked, or make a court appearance when needed.
6. To cooperate with Agency caseworkers to implement to permanency plan for reunification or permanent placement.
7. To comply with state and Agency policies and procedures as outlined in the ICCYS Foster Parent Manual.
The goal of foster care is to provide for the physical, emotional and social needs of the children and youth that are in a "substitute family setting" until the natural family can be reunited or a permanent arrangement can be made for the child. Foster homes are providing with regular visitation and social work services so that troubled families can be reunited. When this is not possible, the foster parents care for the youth while another permanent plan for the child is implemented.
TO THE CHILD:
1. To provide a safe and comfortable environment of the child to live in with a separate bed and a place for his/her belongings.
2. To provide for the child's basic physical and emotional needs as you would your own child.
3. To provide for school attendance, monitor progress, note special needs and accomplishments.
4. To provide appropriate clothing.
5. To attend medical and dental needs, including regular checkups, as well as, attending to special needs.
6. To help the child through the grieving and adjustments process that accompanies removal from their own home to a placement.
7. To help the child maintain a realistic relationship with his/her family through cooperation with visitation and active consideration for his/her feelings. To assist the child in preparing to return home or being removed to an adoptive home.
8. To provide recreational and enrichment activities that will promote the healthy development of the child,
9. To maintain a record for the child of his/her time in care, developmental milestones, photographs, report cards, etc.
10. To provide consistent and realistic discipline and guidance that is age appropriate and does not involve corporal punishment.
TO THE AGENCY:
1. To keep the Agency informed of problems and progress of the foster child, including immediate notification if a child runs away.
2. To keep the Agency informed of changes in your home including change in address and phone number, or a change in status regarding the family members, notification before vacations, etc.
3. To be available for meetings with Agency coworkers.
4. To attend minimum of six hours of foster parent training per year.
5. To be a part of a case review when asked, or make a court appearance when needed.
6. To cooperate with Agency caseworkers to implement to permanency plan for reunification or permanent placement.
7. To comply with state and Agency policies and procedures as outlined in the ICCYS Foster Parent Manual.