Ready to Welcome rota

Thank you for your interest in our Ready to Welcome emergency bed scheme. A few things you need to know are:

• Carers will need to be available from Monday to the following Wednesday (9 nights)
• Carers will be paid a retainer of £30 per night. If a child is placed during the 9-day period then the usual remuneration will apply, in addition to the £30 per night which will continue.
• Carers will need to be ready and able to take any child from ages 0-18 in this timeframe, unless there is a specific risk which makes this unsafe. Therefore, agreement will need to be made with your Supervising Social Worker (SSW) that this arrangement would be suitable for your family.
• A dedicated Child and Family Worker will support this scheme and be available to provide practical support to enable the arrangement to succeed as necessary.
• Every Monday, a new carer will be on the rota and therefore there will be a cross over of 2 days to avoid last-minute arrangements in the 9-day period.
• The Wednesday is a hard end. Carers will not be asked to extend the arrangement, even though this could create challenges and pressures. We know that for this to succeed the ‘hard end’ must be respected by everyone.
• If a carer believes the care arrangement is working for their family and wishes to extend the care period, this can be explored, but this is the only way the arrangement would extend - if it is the carer’s decision.