Kinship foster care

What it means to be a kinship foster carer, how you become one and available support.

This advice applies to: England and Wales

If a social worker has asked you to care for a child informally, outside of kinship foster care arrangement, but are also saying it is not safe to send the child home, then it is not an informal care arrangement. You should be assessed, supported and paid an allowance as a kinship foster carer.

Parental responsibility

Parental responsibility (sometimes called PR) is the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which a parent or guardian has in relation to a child and his or her property.

Learn more about parental responsibility.