SCIE Resource guide 4: Promoting resilience in fostered children and young people

Who this resource guide is for

This resource guide is aimed primarily at qualifying and newly qualified childcare professionals and outlines why, as a professional, you matter in the life of a foster child.

This guide will be useful to the following groups:

• qualifying social workers
• post-qualifying social workers
• foster carers
• Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) workers
• qualifying teachers
• educational psychologists

The guide also provides resources on the development of service delivery, and will interest:

• inspectors for the Commission for Social Care Inspectorate (CSCI) and the Care Standards Inspectorate for Wales (CISW)
• childcare coordinators and quality assurance managers
• members of Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs)

The resource guide will benefit your practice by:

• helping you to engage in the debate about what policies will best serve children and their families in your own agencies
• providing a review of the knowledge base on adopting a resilience-based approach and will help you in your own cases
• showing you how social work and social care agencies work, highlighting practical examples of where agencies support the strengths of children and their families