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Helping young people who self harm
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Foster Care, 96, February 1999, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- Fostering Network
Reports on how foster carers can help young people who self harm.
The need to know: meeting the information and communication needs of children in public care research findings and recommendations for good practice
- Authors:
- BOND Henrietta, PICKERDEN Jane
- Publisher:
- Who Cares Trust
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 31p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report of a project undertaken to discover how local authorities disseminated information to children and young people in their care. Surveys the information and communication strategies used by staff and foster carers in five London boroughs, identifies key issues in foster care and residential care, and makes recommendations for future practice.
Foster carers who are also social workers
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Foster Care, 105, May 2001, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Fostering Network
Looks at what it's like to be a foster carer and a social worker. Highlights the skills or knowledge brought from one role to the other.
Who am I?
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Foster Care, 103, November 2000, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- Fostering Network
Looks at how foster carers help children and young people piece together the jigsaw of their lives through life work.
Adoption good fostering bad?
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Foster Care, 98, August 1999, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Fostering Network
Looks at the adoption versus fostering debate and discusses how adoption isn't always the best option for every child.
Fostering a child: a guide for people interested in fostering
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 138p.
- Place of publication:
- London
There is a shortfall of foster carers in the UK today. Of the 78,000-plus children in care, some 70% already live with foster families, but many more would benefit if more families were available. This short guide to what fostering is about explains that all sorts of people can become foster carers because children and young people have such a wide range of needs. Fostering agencies welcome people who are single, married, divorced, co-habiting, gay or lesbian - so long as they are able to respond to the needs of children. Carers don't need to have children of their own, but do need experience and understanding of caring for children in either a professional or personal capacity. This book covers issues such as: the sorts of children needing to be fostered and how they feel about coming into care; how people become foster carers - selection, training, getting started; how to settle a child into your home and dealing with problems; what happens when a child can't go home; the law, regulations and requirements; fees and allowances; working as part of the fostering team; the rewards of fostering, and finding a fostering agency. Many of these issues are illustrated by the experiences of real foster carers who speak openly about the difficulties and challenges as well as the rewards and high points of the task. There are also quotes from young people who speak about their experiences of being in foster care and what they need from foster carers. The book includes a full list of fostering agencies throughout the UK.
Fostering international relations
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.12.98, 1998, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Examines a new European project, the Social Exchange Programme in Romania, that allows social workers to carry out work experience on the continent, and talks to two social workers who are working with Romanian children in care.
Many rivers to cross
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.10.95, 1995, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
An outreach service to support families and long-term foster carers in distress in London is about to be launched by an independent care group. Reports on what it has to offer.
If you don't stick with me, who will?: the challenges and rewards of foster care
- Editor:
- BOND Henrietta
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 152p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This collection of first person accounts tells the stories of "complex" forms of foster care and what it is like to foster children and young people who have experienced loss, trauma, abuse, or just a very difficult start in life. Rarely do foster carers tell their side of the story and here we meet some of these ordinary people doing extraordinary things. In twelve chapters, foster carers talk about living with children who come with a range of difficulties including sexual abuse, extreme neglect, HIV, serious disability, unaccompanied asylum seeking, learning difficulties, foetal alcohol syndrome or have been "institutionalised". Almost without exception, the children and young people have serious behaviour problems. The foster carers talk of the strategies they have used - and the inevitable problems, dilemmas, challenges and disappointments they have experienced.
Stability and chaos
- Author:
- BOND Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.6.98, 1998, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
An 11-year-old needs help to cope when his elderly parent is taken ill and there are problems with the remaining family and foster carers. Talks to social worker Ken Jehan about how he dealt with just such a situation.