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Helen Cosis Brown. Social Work and Foster Care
Social Work and Foster Care
Contents
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Foster Care
How this Book is Structured
Chapter 2 The Legal and Policy Framework for Foster Care. Chapter Objectives
Introduction
This Chapter Covers
The UK National Standards for Foster Care, and the Code of Practice
Policy, Standards, Regulation and Guidance Relating to Foster Care in General
Care Matters: Time for Change
The Fostering Services: National Minimum Standards
Fostering Services (England) Regulations
Assessment and Approval of Foster Carers: Amendments to the Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations
The Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations Volume 4: Fostering Services
The Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations Volume 2: Care Planning, Placement and Case Review 2010
Delegation of Authority: Amendments to the Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations Volume 2: Care Planning, Placement and Case Review
Regulation and Guidance Relating to Specific Areas of Foster Care
The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review and Fostering Services (England) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations
Family and Friends Care: Statutory Guidance for Local Authorities
Private Fostering
The Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations Volume 3: Planning Transition to Adulthood for Care Leavers Including the Care Leavers (England) Regulations 2010
‘Staying Put’: Arrangements for Care Leavers Aged 18 and above to Stay on with their Former Foster Carers, Department of Education, DWP and HMRC Guidance
Short Breaks: Statutory Guidance on how to Safeguard and Promote the Welfare of Disabled Children Using Short Breaks
‘Separated Children’, Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Young People
Sufficiency Statutory Guidance on Securing Sufficient Accommodation for Looked after Children
Training, Support and Development Standards for Foster Care
Additional Relevant Guidance
The Foster Carers' Charter
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
Chapter 3 Recommendations Arising from Inquiry Reports and Serious Case Reviews (SCRs) Chapter Objectives
Introduction
This Chapter Covers
Inquiry Reports and SCRs 1945–2010
Dennis O'Neill
Shirley Woodcock
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Wakefield
Mrs Spry
Child V and Mr and Mrs A
Mr and Mrs B
Learning from Inquiry and SCR Reports
The Regulatory Framework
The Assessment Process
Inter-Professional Communication
Resources
Skills Acquisition or Application
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
Chapter 4 Assessment of Prospective Foster Carers. Chapter Objectives
Introduction
This Chapter Covers
Recruitment
Types of Foster Care
Assessment: General Pointers
Prospective Foster Carer Assessments
What the Standards, Guidance and Regulations Say
What Needs to be Considered in an Assessment?
Tools for Undertaking Assessments
Assessing Sameness and Difference
Case Study 4.1
Recruiting and Assessing Particular Groups of Foster Carers. Ethnicity, Nationality and Religion
Case Study 4.2
Lesbian and Gay Prospective Foster Carers
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
Chapter 5 Supervision and Support of Foster Carers. Chapter Objectives
Introduction
This Chapter Covers
What the Standards, Guidance and Regulations Say
The SSW/Foster Carer Supervisory Relationship. Supervision
Case Study 5.1
Comment
Support and Development: Child-Focused Reparatory Care
Working with the Fostering Family and their Household. The Fostering Family
The Foster Home
Foster Carers' Children
Placement Planning
Placement Planning Meetings, Placement Plans and Delegated Authority
Team around the Child
Professionalisation of Foster Carers
SSWs and Foster Children's Social Workers' Child-Focused Communication
Foster Carer and Fostering Service Communication
Foster Carers and their Support Networks
Contact
Foster Children Moving On
Managing Allegations
What the Standards, Guidance and Regulations Say regarding Allegations
Investigating Allegations
Valuing and Developing a Child's Heritage/Positive Sense of Self
Placement Story Work
Caring for ‘Separated’, Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and Young People
Caring for Disabled Children and Young People
Caring for Young Lesbians and Gay Men
Permanence
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
Chapter 6 Foster Carer Development and Training. Chapter Objectives
Introduction
This Chapter Covers
The Skills to Foster Training Programme
Personal Development Plans (PDPs)
Necessary Development that becomes Apparent through the Work that a Foster Carer Undertakes
Generic Areas Applicable to All Foster Carers and Foster Children
Development Related to the Specific Circumstances of Particular Foster Children
Training and Development Related to the Requirements of Placement Types
Foster Carers doing it for Themselves
Case Study 6.1
The Training Support and Development Standards (TSDS)
What the Research Tells us about the Effectiveness of Training for Foster Carers
Fostering Changes
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) / Keeping Foster Parents Trained and Supported, KEEP. MTFC
Keep
Foster Carer Support Groups
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
Chapter 7 Foster Carer Reviews. Chapter Objectives
Introduction
This Chapter Covers
What the Standards, Guidance and Regulations Say
The Administrative Process
The SSW Report
Current Circumstances
The Fostering Story
The Fostering Household and its Dynamics
The Impact of Fostering on the Foster Carer and their Family
Highlights of the Review Period
Complaints and/or Allegations
The Quality of the Foster Carer's Relationship with, and Direct Care of, Foster Children
The Foster Carer's Facilitation of Contact
The Quality of the Foster Carer's Relationship with the Fostering Service
The Foster Carer's Relationship with other Professionals
The Effectiveness of the Foster Carer's Support Network
The Foster Carer's Personal Development Plan (PDP)
Targets to be Achieved before the Next Review
Recommendation
Facilitating Contributors' Input to Foster Carer Reviews
Foster Carers' Contribution
Foster Children's Contribution
The Foster Carer's Own Children's Contribution
The Foster Children's Social Worker's Contribution, for All Foster Children Placed during the Review Period
The Foster Children's Parent's Contribution (where Appropriate)
Third Parties' Contribution
The Review Meeting
Preparations for the Review Meeting
The Meeting Itself
Case Study 7.1
Points for the RO to Consider from the Case Scenario, in Preparation for the Review Meeting
The RO's Report
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
Chapter 8 Fostering Panels. Chapter Objectives
Introduction
This Chapter Covers
What the Standards, Guidance and Regulations say
Foster Carers, SSWs and ROs Attending Fostering Panels
Approvals
Approval of Family and Friends Foster Carers
Matching
Case Study 8.1
Research Informing Matching Decision Making
Reviews
Frequency of Reviews Going to Fostering Panels
Paperwork Submitted to Fostering Panels
Fostering Panel Recommendations when considering Foster Carer Reviews
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
Chapter 9 Conclusion
References
Index
