Creating Stable Foster Placements
eBook - ePub

Creating Stable Foster Placements

Learning from Foster Children and the Families Who Care For Them

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Creating Stable Foster Placements

Learning from Foster Children and the Families Who Care For Them

About this book

Andy Pithouse and Alyson Rees use original research to identify key ingredients needed to help create successful foster placements and help prevent placement breakdown.

In this study the lives and activities of 10 foster families who provide lasting and effective care are examined. The families' everyday world of meanings, negotiations, activities, settings, rituals and relationships that help to create these successful placements, are explored. The authors identify the main components that, according to the carers and the children, contribute to acceptance, belonging and stability in the family. The book examines the emotional and practical work involved in caring, and explores how it is received and reciprocated by fostered young people.

With important insights into child and carer perspectives on fostering, What Works in Foster Care is a source of invaluable information for foster carers, children's service professionals, and trainees and care staff more generally who may be engaged with children who are looked after.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. By The Same Author
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. 1. Fostering in the UK: Key Characteristics and Challenges
  11. 2. Ways of Thinking About Children and Families in Foster Care
  12. 3. Meet the Families
  13. 4. Tough Job Fostering: Why Do It?
  14. 5. Food, Fostering and Family Life
  15. 6. Foster Care and the ‘Body’
  16. 7. Space and Place in the Foster Home: Views from the Young People
  17. Final Comments
  18. References
  19. Subject Index
  20. Author Index
  21. Also available