Kinship care : fostering effective family and friends placements
Farmer, Elaine, 1949-2008
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Children are frequently cared for by relatives and other kin, often outside official child welfare systems, when parents are unable to care for them themselves. This book compares formal kinship care to foster placements in order to ascertain which children are placed with kin, what their circumstances are and how they fare.
Main title:
Kinship care : fostering effective family and friends placements / Elaine Farmer, Sue Moyers.
Imprint:
London : Jessica Kingsley, 2008.
Collation:
254 p. ; 24 cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-244) and index.
Contents:
Acknowledgements. Part I: The Study. 1. Background. 2. The Design. Part II: Comparing Kinship and Non-related Foster Care. 3. Who Were the Carers and Which Children Were Placed With Them? 4. Placement Making and Progress. 5. Placement Outcomes. Part III: Overview of Kin Placements. 6. Placing Children with Kin: Assessment and Financial Support. 7. Placement Progress: The Children's Behaviour and Service Provision in Kin Care. 8. Caring for Children: Contact, Standards of Care and the Impact of the Children on the Kin Carers. 9. The Perspectives of the Social Workers, Children and Parents on Kinship Care. 10. Implications for Policy and Practice. Appendix: Variables Used in the Regression Analyses. References. Notes. Subject Index. Author Index.
ISBN:
9781843106319 (pbk)
Dewey class:
362.733
Language:
English
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BRN:
1841652
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