Foster Parent Collaboration
A Guidebook for Social Workers and Other Professionals
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 23 May 2025
- ISBN 9780197639467
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages280 pages
- Size 236x164x29 mm
- Weight 526 g
- Language English 614
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Short description:
Foster Parent Collaboration: A Guide for Social Workers and Other Professionals presents information about the crises in the foster care system and identified a strategy for meaningful change--social workers and other professionals collaborating with foster parents. The book details how this collaboration can occur through providing practice recommendations. Throughout the book are real life examples and checklists to help social workers master the content. The book serves as a toolkit to help social workers and other professionals working in the foster care system improve their skills and better collaborate with foster parents.
MoreLong description:
Foster Parent Collaboration: A Guide for Social Workers and Other Professionals argues that the foster care system is in crisis and one strategy for meaningful change is for social workers and other professionals to collaborate with foster parents. The collaboration will assist with increasing foster parent retention and the quality of care they can provide to children in their homes. The book provides practical suggestions supported by current research for how this can be done. The book provides information about the foster care system, children in foster care, and foster parents' vital roles. It couples the first-hand experience of a foster parent and social worker with current research. This combined lens provides a critical examination of the current realities of foster parents and social workers in foster care.
Derived from both practice knowledge and empirical evidence, the book provides guidance to social workers and other professionals about how to effectively work with foster parents. The goal is to promote change in the foster care system and improve the outcomes for children and families. It serves as a tool to help social workers and other professionals currently working in the foster care system improve their skills and better collaborate with foster parents. Foster Parent Collaboration contains numerous practice examples drawn from actual cases that offer insights into what social workers and foster parents navigate and how social workers best can work with foster parents. Each chapter includes a real-life challenge from a foster parent's perspective. The book also incorporates checklists and reflection questions for scenarios to assist readers in mastering the skills and content.
Foster Parent Collaboration is a must read for anyone involved in the child welfare system, as well as those entangled in or considering the perilous role of foster parenting or social work. Amanda Preston and Lisa Schelbe provide a sensitive and in-depth examination of the realities of foster care, offering a deeper understanding of the array of issues foster children and their families face while advocating for much needed change in the child welfare system.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Realities and Daily Life
Chapter 3: Children's Needs
Chapter 4: Trauma and Resilience in Children
Chapter 5: Best Interests of the Child
Chapter 6: Recruitment, Training, Certification, and Retention
Chapter 7: Empathy, Communication, and Respect
Chapter 8: Support, Childcare, and Respite
Chapter 9: Attachment, Permanency, and Transitions
Chapter 10: Secondary Trauma, Grief, and Mental Health in Foster Parents
Chapter 11: Time, Scheduling, and Visitation
Chapter 12: Investigations
Chapter 13: Moving Forward
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