{"product_id":"creating-stable-foster-placements-learning-from-foster-children-and-the-families-who-care-for-them-9781849054812","title":"Creating Stable Foster Placements: Learning from","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndy Pithouse and Alyson Rees use original research to identify key ingredients needed to help  create successful foster placements and help prevent placement breakdown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStudying the lives and activities of 10 foster families who provide lasting and effective care, the authors explore the families' everyday worlds. They look at the negotiations, activities, settings, meanings, rituals and relationships which help to create their successful placements. The authors identify the main components which, according to the carers and the children, contribute to acceptance, belonging and stability in the family. The book examines the emotional and practical work involved in caring, and explores how it is received and reciprocated by fostered young people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith important insights into child and carer perspectives on fostering, this book is a source of invaluable information for foster carers, children's service professionals, and trainees and care staff  who may be engaged with children who are looked after.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is a very special book that  gets under the skin of foster care. It captures the living, breathing realities of  daily life for foster children and carers. It shows why foster care is so important and how it can be made even better. A veritable 'one-stop shop' for those seeking a more rounded understanding of foster care. -- Robbie Gilligan, Professor of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin\u003cbr\u003eAcross social care we increasingly encourage practitioners to work with users of services to build on their strengths and focus on what they can do, not what they can't. Yet all we seem to read from research in the field of looked after children are the poor outcomes of this group. This book is thankfully different, with the research taking a strengths-based perspective. -- From the foreword by Freda Lewis\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating insight into the everyday lives of foster families, based on real people and with a clear child-centred focus throughout. A welcome addition to the body of literature on foster care that will prove invaluable for foster families and those who support them. -- Harvey Gallagher, Chief Executive of the Nationwide Association of Fostering Providers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, Chapter One: Fostering in the UK, key characteristics and challenges, Chapter Two: Ways of thinking about children and families in foster care, Chapter Three: Meet the Families, Chapter Four : Tough job fostering : why do it? Chapter Five : Food, Fostering  and Family Life, Chapter Six: Foster care and the 'body', Chapter Seven: Space and Place in the foster home - views from the young people","brand":"Jessica Kingsley Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49413838602583,"sku":"9781849054812","price":31.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781849054812.jpg?v=1730521575","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/creating-stable-foster-placements-learning-from-foster-children-and-the-families-who-care-for-them-9781849054812","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}