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Respite Care | Inquiry Process
| Inquiry
Form | About
Ron Bertsch
RESPITE
CARE
For
The Therapeutic Foster Care
Program
The Diocesan Catholic
Children's Home is in need of families and individuals that would be
willing and able to provide respite for a child who is living in a foster
home. "Respite Providers" are not foster parents, however they
are essential because they provide children and foster parents short-term
relief or childcare. Respite may be provided by the hour, overnight or
during a weekend.
Respite Care is needed for children of all ages and from different
backgrounds. There is a critical need for respite for children who require
medical and therapeutic treatment and close monitoring because of
congenital health conditions, accidents, abuse and neglect, or material
substance abuse.
Respite providers are
paid a daily rate for there service, at the same level of reimbursement
that foster parents receive.
To
become a Respite Provider:
- Inquire into becoming a respite provider
- Attend nine hours of free training,
provided by the DCCH foster care staff
- Complete the application
- Provide references
- Complete police background
checks
- Complete spouse & child
abuse registry checks
- Have at least one home
visit by the social worker
- Decide the ages, sex, race,
and background of a child you feel you can provide respite.
Respite
Requirements
- Be 21 years old or older
- Married or single
- Be in good physical &
mental health
- No serious criminal
convictions
- Home must have working
smoke and carbon monoxide detectors
- Child provided own bed, but
can share a room with same sex child
- No residency requirements
For more information
about becoming a Respite Provider, Call Ron
Bertsch at Diocesan Catholic Children's Home at (859)
331-2040 ext. 241
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