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Quality foster care: who decides?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Dawn M. Juratowitch  and
Norman J. Smith
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Abstract

The selection of foster parents with qualities necessary to undertake care of other people's children is a difficult task. Little research has been done in identifying what the associated qualities are. This paper reports the first stage of a research study examining these qualities from the perspective of foster parents themselves and experienced family care workers. From a qualitative exercise involving 10 foster parents and 2 family care workers over 50 nominated qualities were elicited covering motivation; personal attributes; knowledge and skills with children and competencies emanating from experience. Arising from this exercise a model was constructed which identifies stages in foster parenting. This could enable differential educational strategies based on a competency approach to be developed in order to achieve a better level of quality control.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , 1996 , pp. 9 - 12
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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