Follow-up support after the end of full-time care Support

When full-time care ends, the foster child can continue to be supported as a young adult.

If a foster care relationship ends, aftercare or transitional care can be provided for young adults. This can also be provided by the previous foster carers. Agreements on this are made in the assistance planning.

When a foster child leaves a foster care relationship, this is referred to as a "leaving care process". This is accompanied by the local foster children's service.

The aims of the aftercare process are, for example, to help the foster child become independent once they reach the age of majority or to ensure a successful transition to another form of youth welfare. It may also be to enable a return to the family of origin or to accompany an adoption.

The specialists from the local foster children's service support the foster children and foster carers through reflective follow-up discussions, among other things.

The counseling should take place within a reasonable period of time after the end of the assistance in a form that is understandable, comprehensible and perceptible for the young adults.

To the foster children's service at the youth welfare office in the locally responsible district or the locally responsible independent city or special state city.

Aftercare is agreed between the youth welfare office, the young adult and, if applicable, their legal guardians as part of the assistance planning process.