Title: Inside Kinship Care Understanding Family Dynamics And Providing Effective Support
Description: This book takes an in-depth look at what goes no 'inside' kinship care. It explores the dynamics and relationships between family members that are involved in kinship care, including mothers, grandparents, siblings and the wider family. Chapters also discuss issues such as safeguarding, assessment, therapy, encouraging permanence, placement breakdown, support groups and cultural issues. The final part of the book looks at kinship care from an international perspective, with examples from New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and the United States. Providing an invaluable overview of these issues involved and how to provide effective support, this book is essential reading for all those working in the kinship care field. -- from back cover.
Subjects: Services for, Kinship care, Family relationships, Foster children, Kinship