Trygga Familjehem i Sverige AB is now seeking families/single individuals who want to help children & youth aged 0-20 years. We are looking for both foster families and emergency care families.
Being an emergency care family or foster family.
Being a foster family is interesting, challenging, and above all rewarding! It's about opening the doors to your home, your family, your daily life, and offering security, guidelines, rules, and above all much joy and warmth, plus a desire to share your life.
This is of course a major commitment and requires a clear ambition to succeed. This ambition must be shared by all family members, and agreement on what the role entails is of great importance. It is of course the case that everyone is affected when a new person moves in and becomes part of the family. NOTE: A single person can also be an emergency care or foster family.
Most importantly, you have a genuine interest in helping a child/youth build a better life. You must also be able to cooperate with all actors around the placed child/youth, such as school, social workers, family home consultants, etc.
To manage a placement, you need to have a little extra of everything: space, time, and ability! Our requirements for you to begin a foster family assessment include:
That you do not appear in the police's criminal and suspect register, the insurance office's register regarding longer sick periods, the enforcement office's register, or the social register in the past five years
That there is a spare bedroom that can be offered to the placed child, without anyone in the family sacrificing their own bedroom. Note that shared spaces do not count as bedrooms.
That your residence is permanent, meaning you do not sublet, are a lodger, or similar. The home is fully furnished and decorated.
That you are in full health and able to work
That you have stable income and financial support
That at least one of you has time for meetings with social services and us family home consultants
That you do not have any major upcoming life changes, such as moving, longer trips, new studies, pregnancy, or similar
That you speak Swedish
Trygga Familjehem supports, guides, and trains
As a foster family, you will receive Trygga Familjehem's basic training for foster families. The purpose is to make the placement as good as possible for both the placed child and the foster family. Our consultants are always close at hand for ongoing guidance and training to the family throughout the placement. Your family home consultant visits you regularly; you have close cooperation in everything concerning the placed child, e.g., implementation plans and official contacts. To assist you, you have 24/7 telephone support for any question. Trygga Familjehem's approach is to be available, provide support, help, ideas, and motivation!
Good financial compensation
Opening your home to a child, youth, or young adult is not about money, but about helping someone who needs a secure and stable life. But you should still receive fair compensation for the work you do.
Compensation is paid in two parts: a reimbursement of approximately 6500 kr/month to cover food, clothing, travel, etc., and a fee for the work you perform.
The fee ranges from 26,000 kr/month and up depending on the complexity of the placement.
About Trygga Familjehem
Trygga Familjehem offers consultant-supported emergency care and foster family placements. All family home consultants have their own experience as emergency care and foster families, something we at Trygga Familjehem i Sverige AB value highly.
Are you interested in becoming an emergency care or foster family? Recruitment is ongoing.
Visit our website for more information and to apply! Or email us at [email protected]