Parent and child fostering
Parent and child arrangements with foster carers are a well-established phenomenon in England and Wales; less so in Scotland and Northern Ireland. In the majority of cases, this means adults with their children living with foster carers, usually in the context of care proceedings. This is a specialist area of work characterised by the uniqueness of having adult parents in the foster home.
This brings new challenges to fostering services that are at different stages in their development of provision for making parent and child arrangements. The issues are not straightforward, and best practice requires them to consider how this particular type of fostering differs from traditional fostering in each respect, from approval, through matching to support and training.
The new edition of this pioneering guide is fully updated and revised, with significant new material that takes into account innovations in good practice over the last decade. It includes information on:
The legal context of parent and child arrangements
- Messages from research and serious case reviews
- Types of parent and child fostering
- Assessment and approval
- Training and supporting foster carers
- Care planning and placement planning
- Developing policies and procedures