Child care law Scotland
| Rhona Pollock
This quick reference guide provides a quick introduction to the main legal provisions and principles affecting the law relating to child care in Scotland.
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Effective fostering panels
| Sarah Borthwick with Elaine Dibben
What are the roles and responsibilities of fostering panel members? What regulations and standards determine the functioning of a fostering panel? How can panels implement best practice to improve their work and make better placements? Effective fostering panels answers these and many other questions.
Undertaking a Foster Carer Review Wales
| Paul Adams, revised by Tracy Bowen
This guide will help social workers to plan and carry out a comprehensive and evidence-based review of foster carers. It is designed to be used alongside CoramBAAF’s Form FR (Wales).
Recruiting and retaining foster carers
| Helen Wilmot and Mandeep Sahejpal
Foster carer recruitment and retention are huge challenges that have attracted much research and reporting, without leading to widespread positive change. But some key best practice has been learned. What forms of recruitment have proved most useful, and what advertising encourages applications? How have some agencies successfully reached a range of diverse applicants? What do carers value most in a fostering service, making them more likely to stay – and what factors may push them to leave?
Undertaking a Kinship Care Assessment: A guide to collecting and analysing information for Form K (England)
| Ann Horne and Clare Seth with Paul Adams
'Undertaking a kinship assessment' is designed to help social workers to manage and complete a comprehensive and evidence-based assessment of kinship carers/connected people/family and friends who wish to foster or be special guardians to a known child or children.
Fundamentals for foster carers
| Jay Vaughan, Alan Burnell, Kathryn Fenton with Ellie Johnson
For those that are interested in the next step after reading and using the resources in our starter pack for foster carers, or are looking for titles related to parenting, take a look at our bundle of fundamentals for foster carers.
Starter pack for foster carers
| Jean Camis, Hedi Argent.
We know that starting out as a foster carer can be overwhelming at times. To help you feel confident in your role, and in building relationships with the children and young people in your care, we have designed a bundle to support you in those early stages.
Handbooks for foster carers
| Henrietta Bond, Hannah Smith, Nikki Shepherd, Sarah Alix with Eileen Fursland and Nicola Hill
We've bundled three of our foster carer handbooks for a discounted price. Get your guide about parenting teenagers, health and education for £38 (plus p&p) instead of £42.85
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