Specialist Fostering

Author : Joe Hudson,Burt Galaway
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Child psychotherapy
ISBN : 0866569391

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Specialist Foster Family Care by Joe Hudson,Burt Galaway Pdf

Here is the first systematic attempt to explore a rapidly growing child welfare service--specialist foster family care--as a viable and vital form of community care for children and youth experiencing a range of problems and needs. The authors explore and clarify the therapeutic potential of the foster family, the resources necessary to implement and maintain successful programs, the diversity of program models and strategies, the establishment of specialized foster care services in public child welfare agencies, and the application to a range of clients, including autistic, handicapped, and sexually abused children. Organized into three sections, this major new volume identifies program perspectives and principles, addresses program issues, and describes practical approaches for delivering services. Contributors highlight a number of issues that will require further attention as specialist foster family care develops. An indispensable guide for a broad range of professionals, including practitioners and managers employed in child welfare agencies and social work educators interested in child welfare policy and practice, Specialist Foster Family Care will also be valuable for undergraduate and graduate social work students and other persons interested in noninstitutional methods of dealing with troubled children and youth.

Author : Martin Shaw,Tony Hipgrave
Publisher : B.T. Batsford
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015001749004

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Specialist Fostering by Martin Shaw,Tony Hipgrave Pdf

Author : Ian Sinclair
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781843103622

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Fostering Now by Ian Sinclair Pdf

Fostering Now brings together authoritative research on foster care in the UK. succinct overview of a wide range of research projects and highlights the main implications for policymakers and all professionals involved in the fostering process. Drawing on the varied experiences and views of foster children, social workers, foster carers and parents, this book looks at how placement outcomes are influenced by factors such as foster carers' parenting styles, contact with the child's own parents, and the child's gender, ethnicity, age and physical and emotional health. Other important areas exami.

Author : Elaine Farmer,Sue Moyers,Jo Lipscombe
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004-06-23
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781846420146

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Fostering Adolescents by Elaine Farmer,Sue Moyers,Jo Lipscombe Pdf

Adolescents are the hardest group to foster and have high rates of placement breakdown. Elaine Farmer and her colleagues examine what helps to make their placements work. Key issues for this age group are explored, including peer relationships, sexual health and relationships, the impact of the adolescent on the foster family and balancing their need for safety and autonomy. Based on government-commissioned research and part of the Supporting Parents initiative, this book addresses each stage of the care process, from placement selection to leaving foster care. The authors consider which kinds of professional support at which stages make a difference, the foster carer parenting skills that are crucial and how foster carers can draw on professional support to manage adolescents' behaviour, maintain their educational attainments and negotiate ongoing contact with their birth parents. They draw out recommendations for policy and practice in the areas of: how strain on carers can be reduced the role foster carers' own children play in placement success or breakdown single foster carers how to contain the young people who are hardest to foster key training requirements for foster carers managing contact how foster carers and social workers respond to gender differences in teenagers. A rich source of recommendations for social workers, policy makers and carers, this book will be invaluable to anyone involved in the fields of child welfare and child protection.

Author : Linda Nutt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134246021

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The Lives of Foster Carers by Linda Nutt Pdf

The Lives of Foster Carers analyzes the contradictions, conflicts, and ambiguities experienced by foster carers arising from the inter-penetrations of public bureaucracy and private family life. Topics covered include: social policy pertinent to childcare the history of foster care service available literature on the experience of foster carers public versus private domains in foster care motivations and roles of foster carers how foster carers perceive themselves and their foster children. Based on a wide range of literature and in-depth interviews with forty-six foster carers, this book provides a valuable insight into the concerns, processes and experiences of foster carers in the UK. Jargon free and accessible, it will appeal to foster carers, practitioners, students and academics in social care, youth work and childcare as well as policy makers in children’s services.

Author : Kate Wilson,Ian Sinclair,Ian Gibbs
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1846420660

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Foster Carers by Kate Wilson,Ian Sinclair,Ian Gibbs Pdf

Foster carers look after two-thirds of the children cared for by English local authorities at any one time. The recruitment and retention of these carers is one of these authorities' central concerns. Against this background, Foster Carers examines the joys, sadnesses and strains of fostering, the support carers want and need, and the reasons why they continue or cease fostering. Drawing on questionnaire responses from a thousand foster carers across seven different local authorities, the authors highlight the importance of providing support that: * is adapted to the carers' families * contains the basic elements of reasonable payment, relevant training and reliable social work support * responds sensitively to serious crises and treats carers as part of a team * meets the specific needs of carers such as carers' groups and relief breaks. Foster Carers forms one part of the largest recent study into foster care in the UK. It is an invaluable resource for policy makers and practitioners, as well as local authorities formulating policies for the support and training needed by foster carers, and is essential reading for social work professionals, academics and foster carers themselves.

Author : David Berridge,David Cliffe
Publisher : JKP
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781905818990

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Closing Children's Homes by David Berridge,David Cliffe Pdf

This ebook reports on the unprecedented and radical step taken by Warwickshire Social Services Department when, in 1986, it closed the last of its children's homes. This book examines the background to these developments, the reasons for them and their consequences. The findings are set in the context of the crisis of confidence in residential child care that occurred in the early 1990's culminating in the Pindown Report on Staffordshire which revealed an alarming catalogue of inhuman and degrading treatment of children in residential care. This research, undertaken by NCB, reports findings that have major national and international significance. The future role of children's homes is in question and this study examines whether foster care, in particular, is more effective at meeting children's needs than residential care. Young people's own views are included and the work is presented very much in the context of the Children Act 1989.

Author : Elizabeth Fernandez,Richard Barth
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0857003895

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How Does Foster Care Work? by Elizabeth Fernandez,Richard Barth Pdf

How Does Foster Care Work? is an international collection of empirical studies on the outcomes of children in foster care. Drawing on research and perspectives from leading international figures in children's services across the developed world, the book provides an evidence base for programme planning, policy and practice. This volume establishes a platform for comparison of international systems, trends and outcomes in foster care today. Each contributor provides a commentary on one other chapter to highlight the global significance of issues affecting children and young people in care. Each chapter offers new ideas about how foster care could be financed, delivered or studied in order to become more effective. This book is important reading for anyone involved in delivering child welfare services, such as administrators, practitioners, researchers, policy makers, children's advocates, academics and students.

Author : Ian Sinclair,Ian Gibbs,Kate Wilson,Claire Baker
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-05-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1846421365

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Foster Children by Ian Sinclair,Ian Gibbs,Kate Wilson,Claire Baker Pdf

What happens to looked-after children in the longer term? This book analyses the outcomes of a large-scale study of foster children in the UK. It includes individual case studies and draws extensively on the views of foster children themselves. The authors examine: Why children remain fostered or move to different settings (adoption, residential care, their own families or independent living) How the children fare in these different settings and why What the children feel about what happens to them. Other important issues covered include the support given to birth families to enable children to return home, the experience of adopters, the ways in which foster care can become more permanent and the experiences of young people in independent living. In bringing together these results the book provides a wealth of findings, many of them new and challenging. It offers positive and practical recommendations and will be an enduring resource for practitioners, academics, policy makers, trainers, managers and all those concerned with the well-being of looked-after children.

Author : Mike Thomas,Terry Philpot
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1846426871

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Fostering a Child's Recovery by Mike Thomas,Terry Philpot Pdf

The overwhelming majority of children and young people in care today are fostered, but for some this only increases their problems through untreated trauma, ill-judged placements, poorly supported foster carers and multiple moves. This practical and evidence-based book outlines the principles of family placement on the basis of planning and evidence, and explores the qualities, skills and insights that create positive placement outcomes. Fostering a Child's Recovery shows how the key to good fostering is well-trained and skilled foster carers who form part of a team of professionals who surround the child. This book will benefit all professionals and parents involved in providing recovery for traumatized children and young people in ensuring successful placements.

Author : June Thoburn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351952330

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Children in State Care by June Thoburn Pdf

This volume brings together a selection of the most influential and informative English language refereed journal articles on children in out-of-home care, their birth relatives and carers. The articles, which include empirical research and critiques of policy and practice, are mainly from the UK and USA, but include some coverage of child placement policy and practice in Australia and mainland Europe. The volume starts with a joint introductory chapter by the two distinguished authors (one American, one British) reviewing the state of knowledge on children in care and drawing attention to other important sources not included as chapters.

Author : Nina Oldfield
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429801303

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The Adequacy of Foster Care Allowances by Nina Oldfield Pdf

First published in 1997, this timely examination of allowances paid to foster carers demonstrates clear evidence that the nature of foster care is changing. The degree of difficulty in caring for the average child is greater than ever before making the tasks asked of carers more demanding and skilful. The fostering allowances were subject to five tests of adequacy. Evidence showed that allowances have maintained their value over time and were adequate to meet the normal costs of child rearing but not the extra or indirect costs of fostering. Moreover, a unique cross national study of payments uncovered that Britain has lower levels of allowance than more than half the 15 countries examined. This book contributes to the debate on the measurement of living standards. It uses budget standard methodology to estimate the cost of a child living a modest but adequate lifestyle in the 1990s.

Author : Malin, Nigel
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447350163

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De-Professionalism and Austerity by Malin, Nigel Pdf

Austerity’s impacts on the healthcare, social care and education professions are under the spotlight in this important book. From scarcer resources to greater stresses, and falling training budgets to rising risks, it charts how policies and cuts have compromised workers’ ability to undertake their professional roles. It combines research and practice experience to assess the extent of de-professionalisation in recent years, and how workers have responded. This book is a vital review of how austerity has resculpted our notions of professionalism.

Author : Annabel Goodyer
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781849051743

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Child-centred Foster Care by Annabel Goodyer Pdf

This book sets out a child-centred approach to foster care which argues against thinking about children purely from a psychological perspective and instead places children's views, rights and needs at the centre of care. It sets out the theory behind working with children who are fostered, and discusses children's views about the fostering system.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Fundacion Emmanuel
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789872260002

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Spreading the wings of Foster Care by Anonim Pdf