BOOK
Welcome to Fostering
Andy Elvin | Martin Barrow | Bev Pickering | John Simmonds | Jon Fayle | Louise Facer Cox | Martin Clarke | Yvonne Smith | Annie - Surviving Safeguarding
(2017)
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Abstract
What should you expect when you're expecting to foster? This book is a guide to taking the first critical steps of your fostering journey, explaining what fostering is, how to become a foster carer and what it takes to thrive.
Combining invaluable advice from veteran foster carers, the expertise of the professionals who support them, and priceless experiences of foster children themselves, this book explains the fostering process step by step. It tackles all the questions that you've ever asked yourself about fostering: What is fostering really like? What are the challenges? What kind of difference could I make?
Comprehensive and accessible, this is the companion for first-time fosterers or those considering foster care.
This beautiful quote will stay with me forever:
"Always make sure they have a blanket when they leave. Don't wash it, as it needs to have a familiar smell to help them settle. Even our 16-year old took a blanket with her."
Dr.h.c Jenny Molloy, Author, Adviser and Trainer for Looked After Children, Care Leavers Patron for The British Association of Social Workers England
This is a great guide, packed full of information and insight about how best to navigate the world of fostering.
Isabelle Trowler, Chief Social Worker for Children
This is an important and timely book, which sets out both the challenges and the achievements of foster carers' day-by-day work.
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Laming
It's the book I wish I'd had when I was considering fostering and in my first few years.
Maxine Taylor, Foster carer
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome to Fostering - A Guide to Becoming and Being a Foster Carer, Edited by Andy Elvin and Martin Barrow | 5 | ||
| Foreword - Lorraine Pascale | 9 | ||
| Unorthodox Beginnings - Solomon OB | 11 | ||
| Introduction - Andy Elvin | 13 | ||
| 1. So You Want to be a Foster Carer? - Bev Pickering | 15 | ||
| 2. Becoming a Foster Carer - Andy Elvin | 29 | ||
| 3. How Do Children Become Fostered? - Andy Elvin and Louise Cox | 49 | ||
| 4. Through the Eyes of the Foster Child - Andy Elvin and numerous foster children | 63 | ||
| 5. Your First Placement - Martin Barrow | 73 | ||
| 6. Training and Behaviour Management - Martin Clarke | 95 | ||
| 7. Allegations – How to Handle Them and What to Expect - Andy Elvin | 105 | ||
| 8. Managing Contact - Martin Barrow and Andy Elvin | 115 | ||
| 9. The Birth Parents’ Perspective - A safeguarding survivor | 127 | ||
| 10. Working with the Professional Network - Yvonne Smith, Jon Fayle and Andy Elvin | 133 | ||
| 11. Special Guardianship Orders - Andy Elvin and John Simmonds OBE | 151 | ||
| 12. Well-Being - Andy Elvin | 171 | ||
| 13. Endings - Martin Barrow | 177 | ||
| 14. ‘Heroes of the State’ – The Difference Fostering Can Make - Andy Elvin and Martin Barrow | 205 | ||
| Appendix - The Foster Carers’ Charter | 213 | ||
| Contributors | 221 |