Understanding and Working with Parents of Children in Long-Term Foster Care de Gillian Schofield

Understanding and Working with Parents of Children in Long-Term Foster Care

Gillian Schofield

EMMA WARD

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2010

For children growing up in foster care, the role of their birth parents is an important factor in the success of their long-term placements. Understanding the experiences of parents is therefore essential for social workers. This book set out a model of good practice, based on the experiences of these parents and social workers.

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Notă biografică

Gillian Schofield is Professor of Child and Family Social Work and Co-Director of the Centre for Research on the Child and Family at the University of East Anglia, UK. She is an experienced social worker, has led a series of funded research projects on long-term foster care and is the author of a wide range of books and articles. Emma Ward is a Senior Research Associate in the Centre for Research on the Child and Family at the University of East Anglia. She has worked on a number of research projects on foster care.

Cuprins

1. Introduction: legal, policy and research context. 2. Parenting before the children went into care. 3. Parents' experience of their children going into care. 4. Parents' experience of their children growing up in foster care. 5. Contact between parents and their children. 6. Parents' relationships with foster carers. 7. Parents' relationships with social workers. 8. Am I still a parent? Managing a threatened identity. 9. Social workers' perspectives on their work with parents. 10. Conclusion: developing social work practice. References. Index.