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'For any person considering becoming a foster carer, this (book) would be invaluable as it explains how social policy has developed in relation to childcare in the UK. For practitioners and fostering trainers, this will provide real insight into why people become foster carers, the concerns they have and how to address these.'
- Professional Social Work
Overall, this book considers fostering from the service provider's point of view in a succinct and straightforward manner. It would be particularly useful reading for placing social workers, specialist social workers and panel members, as well as new foster carers and the trainers of foster carers.
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There are approximately 32,000 foster families in the UK and while there is substantial social research about fostered children, little is known about the adults who look after them, their motives, experiences and successes. During the past twenty years foster 'parents' have become foster 'carers' reflecting the local authorities' intention to professionalize the service, yet many foster carers fulfil a parental role. "The Lives of Foster Carers" analyzes the contradictions, conflicts, and ambiguities experienced by foster carers arising from the inter-penetrations of public bureaucracy and private family life. The topics covered include: social policy pertinent to childcare; the history of foster care service; available literature on the experience of foster carers; public versus private domains in foster care; motivations and roles of foster carers; and, how foster carers perceive themselves and their foster children. Based on a wide range of literature and in-depth interviews with forty-six foster carers, this book provides a valuable insight into the concerns, processes and experiences of foster carers in the UK.
Jargon free and accessible, it will appeal to foster carers, practitioners, students and academics in social care, youth work and childcare as well as policy makers in children's services."About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0415358124
- ISBN 13 9780415358125
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages144
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