Support to Your Own Children

Supported lodgings providers own children play an important part in the success to young people who come to live with them, often being the ones who welcome a new young person into the home and help them to settle in.

But sharing their home and parents with another young person can be hard and supported lodgings providers’ children may need support with the daily challenges of sharing their home with others. Discussions will need to take place about behaviour for everyone, what is acceptable and what is not.

Depending on their age, Supported Lodgings Provider’s children should be part of developing the Safer Caring discussions so that everyone is clear on the boundaries of everyday life to make sure everybody feels safe.  See: Developing a Safer Caring Plan.

When children don’t get the support they need, an unplanned ending is more likely to happen, which leads to more instability for young people.

There might be disagreements between providers children and young people but also they will also experience new friendships and memories.

Before each young person comes to stay, provider’s you should think about how a young person might fit with their family, and can discuss any questions with their Supported Lodgings  Social Worker. They will your children and can help you consider any potential matching. 

It is important Supported Lodgings Providers continue to spend time with their children. It might be helpful to think about a family planner where agreed times, dates and activities will be spent together and separately with their children and young person living with them.