Family host and family assistant: what differences?
Verified 02 December 2020 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Object | Friendly family | Family assistant (foster family) |
|---|---|---|
People welcomed | Unrelated elderly or disabled adult up to 4e degree included, i.e. not being a parent, grandparent, brother or sister, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece, first cousin... | Child or young person child protection measure or with medical, social or therapeutic management |
Role | - Accommodation - Support for autonomy - Participation in family life,... | - Accommodation - Education - Support for autonomy - Accompaniment of the child or young person in his relations with his family,... |
Status | 2 devices: - Family reception by private contract in which the person received pays directly to the family host - Salaried family welcome in which the welcoming family is an employee of an employer organization (some organizations provide accommodation adapted to this type of reception) | The family assistant is an employee of the legal person entrusting the child or young person |
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