Kinship care [[electronic resource] ] : fostering effective family and friends placements / / Elaine Farmer, Sue Moyers
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| Autore: |
Farmer Elaine <1949->
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| Titolo: |
Kinship care [[electronic resource] ] : fostering effective family and friends placements / / Elaine Farmer, Sue Moyers
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.73/3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Kinship care |
| Foster home care | |
| Foster children - Services for | |
| Foster children - Family relationships | |
| Children - Legal status, laws, etc | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
MoyersSue <1948->
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Kinship care |
| ISBN: | 1-281-78232-7 |
| 9786611782320 | |
| 1-84642-803-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453248903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Quality matters in children's services.