Testing the Limits of Foster Care: Fostering as an Alternative to Secure Accommodation

Moira Walker

ISBN 10: 1903699185 / ISBN 13: 9781903699188

Published by British Agencies for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF), 2002

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232 pages. 8.00x5.80x0.60 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Testing the Limits of Foster Care: Fostering as an Alternative to Secure Accommodation
• Publisher: British Agencies for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF)
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903699185
• ISBN 13: 9781903699188
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.33 kilograms

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Synopsis

A research study into the issue of secure residential care versus foster care, looking specifically at the Community Alternative Placement Scheme, established to offer foster care to a group of young people who had hitherto been placed in residential care because they were thought to present difficulties too great for family placements to be appropriate - and hence were beyond the limits of foster care. The CAPS scheme offered training and a professional salary to foster carers, and proved that foster care can provide added value in the welfare of the child.