Inside kinship care : understanding family dynamics and providing effective support / edited by David Pitcher ; foreword by Professor Bob Broad and Sir Mark Potter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pitcher, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kinship care.

Foster children--Services for.

Foster children.

Foster children--Family relationships.

Physical Description:

264 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2014.

Summary:

This book takes an in-depth look at what goes on 'inside' kinship care. It explores the dynamics and relationships between family members that are involved in kinship care, including mothers, grandparents, siblings and the wider family. Chapters also discuss issues such as safeguarding, assessment, therapy, encouraging permanence, placement breakdown, support groups, and cultural issues. The final part of the book looks at kinship care from an international perspective, with examples from New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and the United States. Providing an invaluable overview of the issues involved and how to provide effective support, this book is essential reading for all those working in the kinship care field. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Family Perspectives

Chapter 1 Entering Kinship Care: A Young Person's Story / Amy O'Donohoe O'Donohoe, Amy 30

Chapter 2 What Does Family Support Involve for Parents who have Intellectual Disabilities? / Sadie Young Young, Sadie 38

Chapter 3 Siblings and Kinship Care / David Pitcher Pitcher, David, Sarah Meakings Meakings, Sarah, Elaine Farmer Farmer, Elaine 47

Chapter 4 The Position of Mothers when a Child is Placed with a Grandmother / Erica Flegg Flegg, Erica 64

Chapter 5 The Wider Family Context of Kinship Care / Jeanne Ziminski Ziminski, Jeanne 79

Part 2 Intervention and Support

Chapter 6 "It Takes a Village": Placing Grandparents and Extended Family at the Center of Safeguarding Vulnerable Children / Andrew Turnell Turnell, Andrew, Susie Essex Essex, Susie 96

Chapter 7 Undertaking an Expert Assessment for the Court / Anna Gough Gough, Anna 122

Chapter 8 Permanence Planning for Children in Family and Friends Care: Establishing a Secure Base in the Re-ordering of Family Relationships / John Simmonds Simmonds, John 135

Chapter 9 'Get Them Out of Here!' An Exploration of Kinship Placement Breakdown / Tom Hawkins Hawkins, Tom 152

Chapter 10 A Psychoanalytic Child Psychotherapy Approach to Working with Kinship Care / Graham Music Music, Graham, Geraldine Crehan Crehan, Geraldine 165

Chapter 11 Support Groups: What they Do and How they Help / Jackie Wyke Wyke, Jackie 177

Chapter 12 What do White Kinship Carers Need to Consider when Caring for Children of Black 'Mixed Race'? / Nicholas J. Banks Banks, Nicholas J. 192

Part 3 International Contexts

Chapter 13 Australia and New Zealand: Assessing Parenting Capacity in Kinship Care / Marilyn McHugh McHugh, Marilyn, Paula Hoyden Hoyden, Paula 206

Chapter 14 Kinship Care among Families Affected by HIV in South Africa / Caroline Kuo Kuo, Caroline, Lucie Cluver Cluver, Lucie, Don Operario Operario, Don 221

Chapter 15 The Views of Children in Kinship Care, their Caregivers and their Birth Parents: Key Themes from the United States / James P. Gleeson Gleeson, James P. 234.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849053464

1849053464

OCLC:

850909458