Time with the children
Games, reading, drawing, crafts and conversation suited to their age. Company and supervision, not childcare in the clinical sense.
Family Host
One more reliable adult, for a few hours.
A Family Host spends time with your children or a relative, or goes with them somewhere you have agreed.
Not a nurse, a teacher or a professional carer. Simply someone you can rely on.
A separate approval, on purpose.
Being a Local Host elsewhere on Elite Trip does not make someone a Family Host: time with children needs its own review. School pickup, driving children, overnight care and specialised disability care are not offered.
What a Family Host can do
Homework and reading
Sitting with a child while they read, do homework or keep their usual study routine.
- Company, not tutoring
Play and small outings
Games, crafts and approved outings. What is allowed follows the instructions of the parent or guardian.
A few hours' cover
Staying with an approved family member for an agreed time, while the person who usually looks after them is away.
A visit and a note
Time with a relative, then a short note to you about the visit. A social update, not a medical one.
Going along
Accompanying a family member to an agreed, approved place, within the limits you set in advance.
When a child is involved
We need the parent or guardian's details and consent, and the agreed plan cannot change without it. A Family Host never:
- uses physical discipline
- brings in anyone you have not approved
- shares photographs publicly without your permission
- transports a child unless that service was approved separately
- goes anywhere that is not in the agreed plan