The 35 chapters provide information as well as analysis of the widerpolicy and practice context, before moving on to focus on the key issuesthat are currently shaping debate about the future of foster care andthe role of foster carers. In particular, the second section includes achapter by Barbara Hutchinson that makes a strong case for theprofessionalisation of the service, important at a time when theexpectations of carers have increased tremendously but when many carersstill do not receive a fee, adequate support or recognition of theirskills.
There are also chapters on family and friends care, support care andfostering unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children, whichdiscuss the complexities and illustrate how foster carers play such animportant role in meeting the needs and shaping the futures of differentgroups of children and young people.
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