Department for Education (DfE) employees who foster a child or care for children of family or friends, such as a grandparent caring permanently for their grandchild, will be offered up to 20 days paid leave to attend training or meetings relating to their role as a carer.
They will also be entitled to additional unpaid time off work to deal with unexpected emergencies, such as welcoming a child into their home at short notice.
Children and families minister Edward Timpson and Chris Wormald, the permanent secretary for the Department for Education, have written to other Government departments to encourage them to adopt their own foster family friendly policy for staff.
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