Children and young people need a safe place

The familea Center for Foster Children bundles services in the field of foster care for foster families and referring specialist agencies from BS and BL. The coaching of foster relationships includes the acquisition, training and placement of foster families as well as the professional support of foster relationships with a focus on the best interests of the child at the placement location.

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Information for interested parties

Becoming a foster family is both a fulfilling and challenging task. Every foster relationship is different and is managed individually.

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Voices of foster families

The best way to learn what it's like to be a foster family and what to expect is through experience. That's why we've let different voices from our foster family pool have their say for you.

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The path to becoming a foster family

As a foster family, you make a valuable contribution to providing children from stressful family systems with a new and stable place to live, either temporarily or for the long term.

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Info for foster children

You live in a foster family and have a lot of questions? Then you've come to the right place! We take your concerns seriously and treat our conversations confidentially. Get in touch with us!

Information events for interested foster families 2024

Foster families of the Center for Foster Children 

familea's Center for Foster Children Northwestern Switzerland supports around 200 vetted and trained foster families from its own placement pool, who offer children and adolescents protection, security and a perspective through reliable family relationships when care in the family of origin is temporarily not possible for various reasons. We are always looking for foster families to expand our pool.
Our placement models:
Short-term placements of children and adolescents
Long-term placements of children and adolescents
Weekend and vacation placements of children and adolescents
Short-term and long-term placements of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers (UMA/MNA)

Information on the various forms of care and the care allowance is available on request. We will be happy to advise you personally and look forward to hearing from you.

Co-Management ZPK

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Tatjana Lübcke 

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Tania Lopez 

For assigning bodies

We work with over 200 selected, trained foster families who are recognized by the cantonal authorities. The great diversity of families enables us to make a targeted and professionally justified selection in the case of placement requests.

We advise referring specialists on the question of whether placement in a foster family or in an inpatient facility is indicated. We would be happy to inform you about our working methods and approaches.

Children residing in Switzerland from birth to the age of 18 who are temporarily or long-term unable to live with their family of origin are admitted to foster families.

News

From the area of foster families

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Already got plans for the weekend? familea Center for Foster Children launches advertising campaign.

The familea Center for Foster Children has been running a broad-based advertising campaign in Basel-Stadt and the surrounding area since Tuesday, March 19. The campaign, under the motto "What's on at the weekend?", focuses primarily on the search for new weekend foster families.
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Networking event at Klara

At the networking meeting in Basel, foster families and interested parties met for inspiring discussions and a supportive community.
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Get together with foster parents

On 22.03.2023 an exchange evening with and for the foster families took place. The ZPK team introduced itself and was available for professional and personal questions and suggestions.
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