Rights and responsibilities of your care providers?

To keep you safe and provide for your day-to-day care.
To treat you with dignity and respect.
To keep information about you and your family confidential, sharing only what is in your best interest to professionals who work with you.
To show understanding, to give guidance and to provide unconditional acceptance.
To prepare you for moving to your next placement whether it be going home, to another placement or to independent living.
To help you in your growth and development by encouraging your success in areas such as school and day-to-day life skills (not only things like cooking and laundry, but also good communication skills and “hanging in there” through difficult
times).
To make sure you get medical, dental and eye care.
To help you, or get you help, to deal with your thoughts and feelings about being in foster care.
To get enough training to be a care provider for youth who have been abused and/or neglected.
To make their home ready to welcome you.
To help you in continuing to learn about your culture and heritage.
To support your contact and visits with your family (including parents, siblings, and other relatives).