Care Visions’ short-term, intensive fostering.
A planned pathway. A guided adventure. A short-term commitment with long-term impact.
Care Visions’ short-term, intensive fostering is designed for young people who are experiencing a crisis or facing a significant turning point in their lives.
Instead of a long-term commitment, it works more like a mission, a focused period where carers step up and embark on an adventure, making a meaningful difference to the life of a young person while growing in confidence and purpose.
It brings together the structure of specialist placements, the warmth and connection of high-quality foster care, and the responsiveness of emergency support, all held by a strong and steady team around you.
It’s a short period of care for people who want a defined challenge, exceptional support, and the opportunity to help a young person reset and move forward.
Think of it as a team-led, therapeutically supported journey with a clear beginning, middle and end.
Placement Length
Typically days to weeks or months -depending on assessment or stabilisation needs. Flexible start times make it responsive to emergencies.
Purpose of Each Placement
- Stabilise
- Build trust
- Assess needs
- Reduce risk
- Keep young people safe during acute periods
- Reconnect them with routine, community and interests
Young People Who May Be:
- In crisis
- experiencing breakdown
- awaiting a longer-term match
- requiring detailed assessment
This is a focused period of reset and understanding, led by a full team.
A Team-Based Model Where You Never Work Alone
Young people entering this model don’t just come into a home
they enter a community of adults aligned around their wellbeing and future.
Each placement is supported by a wraparound professional network, including:
- therapeutic practitioners
- residential-experienced staff
- emergency on-call support
- local foster carer community (“clusters”)
You provide the relationship and the rhythm.
The team provides everything around it.
Therapeutic Support and Training
You receive:
- Specialist, role-specific training before your first placement
- Intensive therapeutic input throughout placements
- On-call crisis support whenever needed
- A focus on you and the young person
This model is built so you can focus on what actually makes the difference:
connection, presence and stability.
Interest Groups
Interest Groups are one of the most distinctive elements of this pathway.
helping young people engage in activities that they enjoy while building connection, developing skills and social relationships.
Group examples:
- Pokémon Club
- Film Club
- Makeup & Beauty
- Fitness & Nutrition
These groups:
- Give structure and routine
- Reduce isolation
- help young people find identity and friendships
- Builds skills and confidence
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Hear directly from our foster families:
“Fostering is the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done. Seeing them laugh and shine despite their past? Nothing beats it.” – Vicki, Foster Carer
"They feel safe enough with you to lash out. That’s trust. That’s progress.” – Current Carer
“The wee one came home with a dancing medal like she’d won the Olympics. That joy? It makes everything worth it.” – Steve, Foster Carer
“At first it was scary, but now it feels like home. Lesley is like a mum, sister and best friend all rolled into one.” – 'V', Young Person in Care
“We love it and can’t imagine doing anything else.” – Foster Family