The Foster Family in the Service of the Foster Child

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-11041-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 142 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Social Work

This monograph shows the contribution of foster families to the system of social care for a child permanently or temporarily deprived of the biological family environment.

Adopting a theoretical and empirical approach that draws on survey research conducted with 212 foster families, it shows their involvement in the system, the functioning of foster families in terms of carrying out care and education tasks entrusted to them, as well as their expectations and the difficulties they face in their parenting work. Identifying the motives of the surveyed parents that prompted them to start a foster family, the research also shows how foster families meet the basic needs of children in their care.

Offering advice on the development of practical requirements and conclusions for the care and education work of foster families as well as centres and institutions that support them, this book will be of interest to all scholars and students of child welfare, child psychology and child and family social work.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Luczynski, Andrzej

Pietruszka, Lidia

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening

Inhaltsverzeichnis

0.Introduction. 1.The present and the future of foster families. 2.Research methodology. 3.Opinions of foster parents on the importance of the family of origin for the decision to foster an orphaned child, their motivation and difficulties experienced. 4.The opinions of foster parents on the relationships in their families, the social perception of foster families and the assistance provided to them.

Über Autor(innen)

Lidia Pietruszka, PhD, is a teaching and research employee of the Institute of Pedagogy at the John Paul II University of Lublin.

Andrzej Luczynski, PhD, Associate Professor of KUL, is a teaching and research employee of the Institute of Pedagogy at the John Paul II University of Lublin.