Inside Kinship Care

Understanding Family Dynamics and Providing Effective Support
Herausgeber: Pitcher, David

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Produktbeschreibung

This book takes an in-depth look at what goes on 'inside' kinship care. It explores the dynamics and relationships between family members involved in kinship care, and covers issues such as safeguarding, assessment, therapy, permanence and placement breakdown. It is essential reading for social workers, therapists, counsellors and psychologists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781849053464
• ISBN-10: 1849053464
• Artikelnr.: 38553041

Autorenporträt

Edited by David Pitcher

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. David Pitcher. 1. A Young Person's Experience of Kinship Care
Amy O'Donohoe. 2. What Does Family Support Involve for Parents Who Have Intellectual Disabilities? Sadie Young
Independent Chartered Clinical Psychologist. 3. Siblings and Kinship Care. David Pitcher
Children's Guardian and Family Court Adviser
Cafcass
UK
Sarah Meakings
Research Associate
School for Policy Studies
University of Bristol
UK and Elaine Farmer
Professor of Child and Family Studies
School for Policy Studies
University of Bristol
UK. 4. The Position of Mothers When a Child is Placed with a Grandmother. Erica Flegg
independent risk assessor and psychotherapist. 5. The Wider Family Context of Kinship Care. Jeanne Ziminski
Systemic Family Psychotherapist
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
Sutton
Surrey
UK. 6. 'It Takes a Village': Placing Grandparents and Extended Family at the Centre of Safeguarding Vulnerable Children. Andrew Turnell
social worker and child protection consultant
Resolutions Consultancy
Australia and Susie Essex
retired Consultant Family Therapist
UK. 7. Undertaking an Expert Assessment for the Court. Anna Gough
Independent Clinical Psychologist. 8. Permanence Planning for Children in Family and Friends Care: Establishing a Secure Base in the Re-ordering of Family Relationships. John Simmonds
Director of Policy
Research and Development
British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)
UK. 9. 'Get them out of here!' An Exploration of Kinship Placement Breakdown. Tom Hawkins
Lecturer in Social Work
University of Plymouth
UK. 10. A Psychoanalytic Approach to Kinship Care. Graham Music
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
Tavistock Clinic
UK and Geraldine Crehan
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
Surrey
UK. 11. Support Groups: What they Do and How they Help. Jackie Wyke
Trustee for the Grandparents' Association
UK. 12. What do White Kinship Carers Need to Consider when Caring for Children of Black 'Mixed Race'? Nick Banks
independent Consultant Chartered Clinical Psychologist. 13. Australia and New Zealand: Assessing Parenting Capacity in Kinship Care. Marilyn McHugh
Research Fellow
Social Policy Research Centre
University of New South Wales
Australia and Paula Hayden
Social Work Consultant
Foster and Kinship Care
Sydney
Australia. 14. Kinship Care Among Families Affected by HIV in South Africa. Caroline Kuo
Assistant Professor
Department of Behavioral and Social Science
Brown University
USA
Lucie Cluver
Department of Social Policy and Intervention
Oxford University
UK and Don Operario
School of Public Health
Brown University
USA. 15. The Views of Children in Kinship Care
Their Caregivers and Their Birth Parents: Key Themes from the United States. James P. Gleeson
Associate Professor
Jane Addams College of Social Work
University of Illinois at Chicago
USA. Epilogue.  Looking Forward in Kinship Care. David Pitcher. List of Contributors. Index.