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Foster Carers: Why They Stay and Why They Leave

  • ISBN-13: 9781843101727
  • Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
  • By Kate Wilson, By Ian Sinclair, By Ian Gibbs
  • Price: AUD $56.99
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  • Local release date: 14/06/2004
  • Format: Paperback 192 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Adoption [VFVK]
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Kate Wilson is Professor of Social Work at the Centre for Social Work, University of Nottingham. She has researched and published widely in the fields of therapeutic work and child welfare, including books on social work with couples, social work in a legal context, non-directive play therapy, and adoption and fostering.
Acknowledgements. 1. Background and introduction. 2. Who are the carers? 3. Kinds of fostering. 4. Strains and satisfactions. 5. Who finds it easiest to foster? 6. Stressful 'events' for foster carers. 7. Informal and formal support. 8. Continuing and ceasing to foster. 9. Explaining outcomes: putting the variables together. 10. Conclusion. Appendix 1: Sample representativeness. Appendix 2: Census pro-forma. Appendix 3: Kinship carers. References. Subject Index. Author Index.
This publication presents the findings of a study of a thousand foster carers across seven local authorities, and should be of interest to policy makers and practitioners alike.
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