The professional foster carer is the individual, certified according to the law, who through the activity carried out at their home provides the growth, care, and education necessary for the harmonious development of the children received in foster care.

Who can be a professional foster carer?

The professional foster carer can be a person who:

-has at least 10 grades of education

-is between the ages of 25 - 52, at the time of evaluation

-has full legal capacity, and through their behavior in society, health status, and psychological profile, provides guarantees for properly fulfilling the obligations of a parent, related to their own children;

-has at their disposal a dwelling that covers the needs for food preparation, hygiene, education, and rest for its users, including those of the children to be received in foster care;

-has the consent of the entire family they live with, to accept and take care of a child in their home;

-a person who carries out salaried work, only on the condition of terminating the individual employment contract under which the salaried activity was carried out

Cannot be a professional foster carer

-a person who has suffered a conviction by a court decision that is final, for intentionally committing a crime;

-a parent who has lost parental rights or whose child has been declared abandoned by a final court decision

-a person who suffers from chronic communicable diseases

How can you become a professional foster carer?

Persons residing in Arad county who are interested in becoming professional foster carers should contact for more information the Case Management Service for Children – Foster Care within DGASPC Arad, str. Iustin Marsieu no. 22 A, ground floor room 7, tel. 0257/250325 where they will submit an evaluation request accompanied by the documents listed below.

Following the submission of the evaluation request, the applicant’s capacity to care for children will be assessed. This evaluation can take up to 90 days and during this period, the applicant and their family members will be involved in various activities.

The evaluation procedure of the applicant and their family consists of 2 stages:

-the initial evaluation stage

-the training stage

The certificate is issued by the Arad Child Protection Commission and is valid for 3 years.