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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453248903321

Autore

Farmer Elaine <1949->

Titolo

Kinship care [[electronic resource] ] : fostering effective family and friends placements / / Elaine Farmer, Sue Moyers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008

ISBN

1-281-78232-7

9786611782320

1-84642-803-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Quality matters in children's services

Altri autori (Persone)

MoyersSue <1948->

Disciplina

362.73/3

Soggetti

Kinship care

Foster home care

Foster children - Services for

Foster children - Family relationships

Children - Legal status, laws, etc

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

FRONT COVER; Kinship Care;  Fostering Effective Familyand Friends Placements; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; Part I: The Study; Chapter 1 Background; Chapter 2 The Design; Part II: Comparing Kinship andNon-kinship Foster Care; Chapter 3 Who Were the Carersand Which Children WerePlaced with Them?; Chapter 4 Placement Making and Progress; Chapter 5 Placement Outcomes; Part III: Overviews and KinCarer Perspectiveson Kin Placements; Chapter 6 Placing Childrenwith Kin: Assessmentand Financial Support; Chapter 7 Placement Progress: TheChildren's Behaviour andService Provision in Kin Care

Chapter 8 Caring for Children:Contact, Standards of Careand the Impact of the Childrenon the Kin CarersChapter 9 The Perspectives of the SocialWorkers, Children and Parentson Kinship Care; Chapter 10 Implications for Policyand Practice; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; NOTES; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX; BACK COVER;

Sommario/riassunto

Children are frequently cared for by relatives and friends when parents,



for whatever reason, are unable to care for their children themselves. Yet there has been very little information about how well children do when placed with kin or how safe they are in these placements. This book compares formal kinship care to traditional foster placements in order to ascertain which children are placed with kin, in what circumstances, how well such children progress, and how often these placements disrupt. The authors explore whether children placed with family and friends fare better or worse than oth