Creating stable foster placements : learning from foster children and the families who care from them / Andy Pithouse and Alyson Rees.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pithouse, Andy.

Contributor:

Rees, Alyson.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foster children--Great Britain.

Foster children.

Foster parents--Great Britain.

Foster parents.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

232 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2014.

Summary:

Creating Stable Foster Placements uses original research to identify the key ingredients needed to help create successful foster placements and prevent placement breakdown. Studying the lives and activities of ten foster families who provide stable and effective care, the authors explore the families' everyday worlds. They look at the negotiations, activities, settings, meanings, rituals and relationships which help to create their successful placements. The authors identify the main components which, 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, this book is an important resource for foster carers, children's service professionals and trainees and care staff who may be engaged with children who are looked after. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Fostering in the UK: Key Characteristics and Challenges 22

2 Ways of Thinking about Children and Families in Foster Care 44

3 Meet the Families 72

4 Tough Job Fostering: Why Do It? 90

5 Food, Fostering and Family Life 119

6 Foster Care and the 'Body' 137

7 Space and Place in the Foster Home: Views from the Young People 158.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849054812

1849054819

OCLC:

880374748