Welcome to Fostering
a guide to becoming and being a foster carer
$40.55
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
14 May 2017
Summary
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785922046 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1785922041 |
| Author: | Andy Elvin, Martin Barrow, Bev Pickering, John Simmonds, Jon Fayle, Louise Facer Facer Cox, Martin Clarke, Yvonne Smith, Annie - Surviving Surviving Safeguarding |
| Publisher: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Imprint: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 14 May 2017 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 171mm x 17mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
It’s the book I wish I’d had when I was considering fostering and in my first few years.
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
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 EnglandThis 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 ChildrenIt’s the book I wish I’d had when I was considering fostering and in my first few years. – Maxine Taylor, Foster carerAbout The Author
Andy Elvin
Andy Elvin is CEO of the UK’s largest fostering and adoption charity, TACT.
Martin Barrow is an experienced journalist, formerly News Editor of the Times, PR, Huffington Post, foster carer and foster care commentator/blogger.
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