Social Work and Foster Care

The child is placed at the heart of the text and it includes substantial chapters examining key pieces of legislation, law, policy frameworks and the overreaching theoretical and research evidence to support good practice and help students gain confidence whilst on placements.

List of contents

Introduction
The Legal and Policy Framework for Foster Care
Recommendations Arising from Inquiry Reports and Serious Case Reviews (SCRs)
Assessment of Prospective Foster Carers
Supervision and Support of Foster Carers
Foster Carer Development and Training
Foster Carers Reviews
Fostering Panels
Conclusion

About the author

Helen Cosis Brown is a Principal Lecturer in Social Work at Middlesex University.  She also works as an independent foster carer reviewing officer and currently chairs a local authority fostering panel. She worked as a social worker and a social work manager in inner London before moving into social work education. Her publications focus on fostering and adoption and social work with lesbians and gay men.

Summary

The child is placed at the heart of the text and it includes substantial chapters examining key pieces of legislation, law, policy frameworks and the overreaching theoretical and research evidence to support good practice and help students gain confidence whilst on placements.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Cosis Brown, Helen Cosis Brown, Helen Cosis-Brown
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.02.2014
• EAN: 9781446258927
• ISBN: 978-1-4462-5892-7
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Post-Qualifying Social Work Practice Series; Post-Qualifying Social Work Pr; Post-Qualifying Social Work Practice Series; Post-Qualifying Social Work Pr
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Adoption & Fostering, Social Work, Adoption & fostering, Adoption and fostering