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Guidance on Allowances and Payments for Children in Foster Care
Scope of this chapter
This guidance is for all foster carers and staff and concerns payments and allowances for children in foster care.
Additional supplementary information is available for specialist foster carers in the Specialist Foster Carers Procedure which should be read in conjunction with this guidance. Separate guidance on Adoption Allowance is available from the Reparative Care Team on request.
Related guidance
- Guidance on Allowances and Payments for Children in Foster Care
- Foster Carer Payment for Skills
- Guidance – Banding Thresholds Specialist Foster Care
- Pocket money and savings
Amendment
This chapter was added in November 2023.
Last Updated: November 13, 2023
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