The Children (NI) Orders 1995 Article 17 The Foster Placement (Children) Regulations Trusts also provide Post Adoption Support Services for adoption children. In the case of non-looked after children, demonstrating child responsibility as a kinship carer for Scottish Child Payment could be through: a kinship care order has been made within the meaning of Section 72 (1) Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. If your query is about another topic, select ‘Other’ from the drop-down menu above. I can confirm that my Department continues to pursue the use of the 2011 census to provide a more up-to-date measure of the extent of kinship care in Northern Ireland, including care provided without the involvement of social care agencies. Share this page Comments or queries about the Blue Badge scheme can be emailed to bluebadges@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk or you can also call 0300 200 7818. Award winning charity helping and supporting kinship carers and their children in Northern Ireland. If your query is about another benefit, select ‘Other’ from the drop-down menu above. There are different means by which a child may be living with a kinship carer, depending on the relationship between them and their carer, the level of involvement with the local authority, and, where applicable, the nature of the court order granted. 17 talking about this. After that, foster/kinship foster carers get tax relief for every week (or part week) that a child is in their care. Through fostering, a child lives in a loving, safe and stable home for as long as they need. All foster/kinship foster carers are reviewed every year. HSC Northern Ireland Adoption and Foster Care. To find out more about becoming a foster/ kinship foster carer, go to: HSC NI Adoption and Foster Care; Independent fostering . Comments or queries about angling can be emailed to anglingcorrespondence@daera-ni.gov.uk. Don't include any personal or financial information, for example National Insurance, credit card numbers, or phone numbers. It will take into account the receipt of social security benefits by the kinship carer that foster carers are not entitled to. Comments or queries about the Blue Badge scheme can be emailed to bluebadges@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk or you can also call 0300 200 7818. You will also be asked to provide references. Are you missing out on unclaimed benefits? NIC101036 and a Company Limited by Guarantee, No. Location: Derry. For queries or advice about careers, contact the Careers Service. At present, few local authorities use these powers to make kinship care payments and are more likely to make section 22 or section 50 payments… Foster/kinship foster carers can be free from tax on all or most of their fostering  allowance depending on: There is a fixed tax exemption of up to £10,000 a year (less if for a shorter period) which is shared equally among any foster/kinship foster carers in the same household, such as a grandparent or sibling. . Local councils in Scotland must pay a kinship care allowance to kinship carers of children who are Not Looked After if you have a residence order (also called a kinship care order) for the child living with you and the child: used to be a Looked After child, or Foster/kinship foster carers are free to spend the allowance on food, household and travel expenses as they feel benefit the child most. 110 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 allows the local authority to pay an allowance to kinship carers of looked after children. [CDATA[//>