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Sue Granville and Shona Mulholland
George Street Research

ISBN 978 0 7559 6679 0

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CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES AND CHARTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

CHAPTER ONE: BACKGROUND
1.1 BACKGROUND

CHAPTER TWO: THE CONSULTATION PROCESS
2.1 TIMING OF THE CONSULTATION
2.2 NATURE OF THE CONSULTATION
2.3 RESPONSES

CHAPTER THREE: APPROACH TO ANALYSIS OF CONSULTATION RESPONSES
3.1 ANALYSIS
3.2 REPORTING

CHAPTER FOUR: WHAT DO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TELL US THEY NEED FROM FOSTERING AND KINSHIP CARE?
4.1 GETTING THE PLACEMENT RIGHT FIRST TIME - IMPROVING THE MATCHING OF PLACEMENTS TO THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
4.2 TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD AND INDEPENDENT LIVING
4.3 AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS

CHAPTER FIVE: MEETING THE NEEDS OF FOSTER CARERS
5.1 INVOLVEMENT OF FOSTER CARERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW OF A FOSTER CHILD'S CARE PLAN
5.2 REMUNERATION FOR FOSTER CARERS
5.3 REGISTRATION OF FOSTER CARERS
5.4 WIDER SUPPORT FOR FOSTER CARERS

CHAPTER SIX: FAMILY AND FRIEND CARERS - "KINSHIP CARERS"
6.1 SUPPORT FOR KINSHIP CARERS

CHAPTER SEVEN: PRIVATE FOSTERING ARRANGEMENTS

CHAPTER EIGHT: FOSTERING SERVICES, INCLUDING KINSHIP CARE - PLANNING FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS
8.1 DEVELOPING A WIDER ROLE FOR FOSTER CARERS AND KINSHIP CARERS
8.2 THE RECRUITMENT AND ASSESSMENT PROCESS
8.3 TRAINING, LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
8.4 FOSTERING SUPPORT SERVICES: CHILDREN'S SERVICES PARTNERSHIPS
8.5 INSPECTION AND REGULATION

CHAPTER NINE: ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND SUMMARY
9.1 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
9.2 SUMMARY

APPENDICES
THE CONSULTATION DOCUMENT
FOREWORD TO THE DOCUMENT SUBMITTED BY THE FOSTERING NETWORK FOLLOWING THEIR EVENTS
QUESTION 28 GRIDS FROM EVENTS

The views expressed in the report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Scottish Executive or any other organisation(s) by which the author(s) is/are employed. The Scottish Executive is making this research report available on-line in order to provide access to its contents for those interested in the subject. The Executive commissioned the research but has not exercised editorial control over the report.

This report is accompanied by "Kinship Carers - Possible benefit entitlement and potential issues when claiming benefits ( CAS)".

This report is published by Care and Justice, Fostering, Residential and Kinship team, along with Education Information and Analytical Services, Scottish Executive. If you have any enquiries about these reports please contact Margaret Rooney, 0131-244-5480.

These reports were published in July 2007.

The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and
do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.

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