In this video interview, senior personnel from George Child and Family Welfare discuss the growing need for foster and safety parents, the particular challenge of accommodating older children and sibling groups, what the process involves and why keeping siblings together is so important.
Rachel Jooste-Booysen, Leilanie Peacock and Jo-Anne Kleynhans also explain the difference between safety and foster care, the challenges children may face after being removed from unsafe circumstances, and why reunification with biological families remains the ultimate goal when it is in the child’s best interests.
Prospective safety parents can attend an information workshop on 12 September. Contact Rachel Jooste-Booysen at [email protected] or WhatsApp 074 019 9604 for more information.
