Tracy Colton, a social worker with the Western Health & Social Care Trust, is urging local residents to become short‑break carers for children with disabilities.
With three decades of experience in residential and community services, including 16 years in children’s residential care and 14 years in a residential short‑break facility, she now leads recruitment, assessment and supervision of short‑break carers in the community team.
She says the main challenge is raising public awareness of the short‑break fostering option, while the most rewarding part of her role is building relationships, supporting carers and ensuring children with disabilities and their families receive safe, supportive care.
Source: www.derrynow.com
