Family time and its impact on Children and Foster Carers

Aims

To consider the purpose of family time for looked-after children
To understand how carer’s can acquire deeper understanding in relation to a child’s contact with birth family and its impact both positive and negative.
To support carer’s to devise efficient protocols for dealing with the various difficulties that arise from family time arrangements.
To consider the well-being of the child and to utilise reflective practice in working with services to better understand the pro’s and con’s from both the child and carer’s perspective.
To give consideration to the importance of birth family, their views and experiences and to reflect on identity.