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Foster carers : why they stay and why they leave / Ian Sinclair, Ian Gibbs, and Kate Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sinclair, Ian, 1938-
- Series:
- Supporting parents.
- Supporting parents
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foster home care--Great Britain.
- Foster home care.
- Foster parents--Great Britain.
- Foster parents.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Foster care, which can include both long- and short-term placements, is the most common way in which local authorities look after other people's children. Examining the problems and the positive experiences of those providing care, Foster Carers is essential reading for social work professionals, academics and foster carers themselves. Through questionnaire responses from over a thousand foster carers across seven different local authorities, the authors highlight the importance of identifying and fulfilling appropriate kinds of care; the need to recruit and retain carers; and, finally, examin
- Contents:
- Background and introduction
- Who are the carers?
- Kinds of fostering
- Strains and satisfactions
- Who finds it easiest to foster
- Stressful "events" for foster carers
- Informal and formal support
- Continuing and ceasing to foster
- Explaining outcomes : putting the variables together
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-184) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-26173-0
- 9786610261734
- 1-4237-1052-5
- 1-84642-066-0
- OCLC:
- 191038987
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