Mother and Baby Foster Placements: Experiences and Issues

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العنوان: Mother and Baby Foster Placements: Experiences and Issues
المؤلفون: Paul Adams, Sarah Bevan
المصدر: Adoption & Fostering. 35:32-40
بيانات النشر: SAGE Publications, 2011.
سنة النشر: 2011
مصطلحات موضوعية: Health (social science), Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Social work, education, Local authority, Perspective (graphical), law.invention, Nursing, law, North west, CLARITY, Psychology, Law
الوصف: Paul Adams and Sarah Bevan report on research looking at ‘mother and baby’ fostering in three fostering agencies within the North West London Fostering Consortium. The study takes a qualitative approach, using semi-structured face-to-face interviews with eight mother and baby foster carers and analysing the data using a thematic approach. This is supplemented with a brief questionnaire completed by the three participating local authority fostering services. The findings reveal that at times the demand for mother and baby fostering is high, and in the majority of cases agencies seek to identify carers to meet specific needs as they arise, rather than assessing general mother and baby foster carers in advance. From the carers' perspective, factors that contribute to successful placements include clarity about their roles, good social work practice in planning and supporting the placement, and mothers who are positive about being there. Additionally, foster carers need to be able to recognise and manage the distinct needs of both the mother and the baby, and they suggest that educational provision and post-placement support are crucial. Mother and baby carers in particular note the importance to them of peer support networks.
تدمد: 1740-469X
0308-5759
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::7b5d2d78b4e0b81a433fbb3dc79dbb7a
https://doi.org/10.1177/030857591103500204
حقوق: CLOSED
رقم الأكسشن: edsair.doi...........7b5d2d78b4e0b81a433fbb3dc79dbb7a
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE