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London Borough of Barking and Dagenham fostering service: inspection report for la fostering agency
- Author:
- LEWIS Sharon
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Leicestershire County Council Fostering: inspection report for la fostering agency
- Authors:
- TREADWELL Sharon, GIBBS Trisha
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Stockton Borough Council Fostering: inspection report for la fostering agency
- Authors:
- GRAHAM Stephen, SMITH Stephen
- Publisher:
- OFSTED
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Attitudes toward out-of-home care over 18 months: changing perceptions of youths in foster care
- Authors:
- CHAPMAN Mimi V., CHRIST Sharon L.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Research, 32(3), September 2008, pp.135-145.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article seeks to uncover children's evolving views of placement and to delineate characteristics associated with positive and negative attitude change over time. The authors used a subsample drawn from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being in the US. The subsample of 290 youths age seven and older who had been in out-of-home placement during the first 18 months of this study was analyzed by using latent transition analysis (LTA) to understand how children's views of placement changed over time and what covariates might be associated with these changes. A three-class solution was the most stable at both time points and highlighted three different sets of perceptions about out-of-home care. The LTA provides additional detail demonstrating that the majority of youths did not change their attitudes over the 18 month time span, particularly those who are very happy or very unhappy in their current placements. Age, gender, and mental health status were related to particular types of transitions. The results demonstrate the heterogeneity of experiences for youths in out-of-home care and highlight the need for tailored policies and interventions to assist youths in processing such experiences.
Approaching adoption and foster care in Brazil
- Authors:
- ROSSETTI-FERREIRA Maria Clotilde, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption Quarterly, 11(1), 2008, pp.66-77.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
This paper provides a brief introduction to existing cultural practices in Brazil relating to the care of children whose immediate families are unwilling or unable to take responsibility for them. These include flexible fostering (‘child circulation’) as well as clandestine adoption in which babies or children are handed over to new families who then certify their births. The official approach to deprived children has traditionally been institutionalisation and despite recent changes to the law to promote legal adoption, both professionals and prospective parents have proved resistant to change. Among the former, the culture of institutionalisation remains strong, while the latter’s expressed needs are not met by the law. This emphasises the adoption of older children, disabled children, groups of siblings etc, many from families of African origin, while the vast majority of registered prospective adopters want babies (preferably light skinned). (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Children in care in England: recent trends and policy debates
- Author:
- THOBURN June
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Now: the Practice Journal of Child, Youth and Family, 41, December 2008, pp.12-18.
- Publisher:
- Child, Youth and Family (Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, Te Tari Awhina I te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whanau)
Outlines recent trends and policy debates around children in care in England.
Children in care in Ireland, 1970-2006
- Authors:
- O'SULLIVAN Eoin, BREEN Jessica
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Now: the Practice Journal of Child, Youth and Family, 41, December 2008, pp.28-34.
- Publisher:
- Child, Youth and Family (Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, Te Tari Awhina I te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whanau)
This article provides a brief background to the history of care in Ireland and then summarises the key trends in substitute care for Irish children from the 1970s. It then offers some observations on the patterns of care that have emerged during this period.
Independent review mechanism (fostering): consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Place of publication:
- London
The Department for Children, Schools and Families is holding a consultation on proposals for the introduction of an independent review mechanism (IRM) relating to the approval of foster carers (i.e. local authority foster carers) in England. The IRM is available to all foster carers who are being assessed, or have been approved, as a foster carer by a local authority or an independent fostering agency. The IRM will give prospective and current foster carers the option of having their case reviewed by an independent panel where their fostering service provider proposes to turn down their application to be a foster carer, or to revoke or amend the terms of their existing approval. Closing date for the consultation is 24 December 2008. This timescale will allow regulations to be laid in time for the IRM to be implemented from 1 April 2009.
Fostering now: fostering service development exercises
- Author:
- RESEARCH IN PRACTICE
- Publisher:
- Research in Practice
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- Dartington
These 12 exercises are part of an integrated package of materials that has been developed by research in practice to encourage change in fostering services based on the message contained in the research review, Fostering Now: Messages from Research
Forgotten voices: thoughts, ideas and feelings
- Author:
- THE FOSTERING NETWORK SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- The Fostering Network
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This publication is a collection of the thoughts, ideas and feelings of young people who have direct experience of foster care either as a young person who is fostered or as a son or daughter of foster carers.