Fostering Now: Messages from Research by Ian Sinclair has shown that between 40 and 50 per cent of looked-after children have contact with a family member at least once a week, but approximately one in six children do not have any contact with a member of their birth family. Retaining contact and attachments with families is important for stabilising a child's identity.
CASE STUDY 1
The charity Family Rights Group (FRG) advises and supports families whose children are involved with, or require, social care services. It aims to enable more children to live safely with their families. Family and friends carers - who can be grandparents, uncles and aunts, siblings and friends of the family - face different problems to those faced by local authority foster carers.
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