Social Work with Foster Families. The Colaboration of Foster Families and Families of Origin Cover Image

Soziale Arbeit mit Pflegefamilien Die Zusammenarbeit von Pflegeeltern und Herkunftseltern
Social Work with Foster Families. The Colaboration of Foster Families and Families of Origin

Author(s): Stefanie Sauer
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Family and social welfare
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Foster care; social work; family support; neglectence, abuse

Summary/Abstract: The care for foster children has been an important mode of support in almost any era and society. Until todays, it is a meaningful field of social work with children and families. Foster families provide reliable and stable familial settings for children, who are unable to stay within their families who are in need. They help these children to cope with experiences of neglect, violence and abuse.

  • Issue Year: 19/2014
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 65-73
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: German