Foster Carers
Foster Carers

Foster Carers

Why They Stay and Why They Leave

JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERSISBN: 9781843101727
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By Kate Wilson, Ian Sinclair, Ian Gibbs
Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
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Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 192

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Kate Wilson is Professor of Social Work at the Centre for Social Work, University of Nottingham. She has researched and published widely in the fields of therapeutic work and child welfare, including books on social work with couples, social work in a legal context, non-directive play therapy, and adoption and fostering.

Acknowledgements. 1. Background and introduction. 2. Who are the carers? 3. Kinds of fostering. 4. Strains and satisfactions. 5. Who finds it easiest to foster? 6. Stressful 'events' for foster carers. 7. Informal and formal support. 8. Continuing and ceasing to foster. 9. Explaining outcomes: putting the variables together. 10. Conclusion. Appendix 1: Sample representativeness. Appendix 2: Census pro-forma. Appendix 3: Kinship carers. References. Subject Index. Author Index.

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