Introduction. 1. Contextual Factors Influencing the Rise of Team Parenting. 2. The Emergence of Team Parenting - Definitions And Practice. 3. Key Features of Team Parenting. 4. Therapeutic Interventions in Team Parenting: Consultation with Foster Carers. 5. Therapeutic Interventions in Team Parenting: Team Parenting Meetings. 6. Therapeutic Interventions in Team Parenting: Joint Carer/Child Work. 7. Support for Foster Carers In Team Parenting. 8. The Contribution of Education And Mentoring In Team Parenting. 9. Further Developments In Team Parenting. 10. Conclusion - Where Next? References. Appendix. Index.
Describing a unique model of supporting children in care which involves foster carers and professionals working together in the best interests of the child; including how the approach works in practice
Jeanette Caw used to be the Head of Therapy for Core Assets. She
now works for Rethink Mental Illness as their Associate Director of
Psychological Therapies and has a small private practice in
Sheffield as a therapist and supervisor. She is a qualified social
worker and clinical supervisor, as well as a fully qualified and
accredited psychotherapist with training in Systemic Practice and
management training. Judy Sebba is the Director of the Rees Centre
for Research in Fostering and Education - a collaboration between
the University of Oxford Department of Education and the Core
Assets Group.
Core Assets is a leading international provider of children's
services. The group operates in over 10 countries around the world,
working with local communities to make a positive difference for
children and families.
I was thrilled to read Team Parenting for Children in Foster Care,
which shows such a clear understanding of how the provision for
vulnerable and traumatised looked after children and young people
can be improved. It recognises the importance of an integrated
approach with the young person at the centre, supported by a group
of carers and professionals working together collaboratively to
ensure their needs are met in a coherent and seamless manner. This
wonderful book is essential reading for anyone committed to the
healing and recovery of looked after children and young people.
Congratulations Jeanette and Judy for writing a book that
demonstrates such strong commitment to reflective practice and love
of these beautiful young people.
*Susan Barton, AM, Founder/Director, Lighthouse Foundation,
Australia*
This book makes a valuable contribution to a much-needed body of
work on approaches to doing foster care that can help respond to
the diverse needs [of children in care]... It is a tribute to the
authors and their achievement that I find myself wishing that I
could sit down and talk with them about many of the points they
make. This is the sign of a valuable book, one that gets you
thinking and energised.
*from the foreword by Professor Robbie Gilligan, School of Social
Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland*
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