The recruitment, retention, and support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander foster carers

Table of contents

• Section 1. Overview 
  • Trends in out-of-home care
  • Out-of-home care and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
  • What are the causes of child maltreatment and other family violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities?
  • Overview
• Section 2. Out-of-home care in Australia: a contextual framework 
  • The placement of children into out-of-home care
  • Out-of-home care in Australia: Indigenous specific contextual issues
  • Table 1: Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care placed in accordance with ACPP by state and territory at 2001-04 (AIHW 2005)
• Section 3. Recruitment and retention of foster carers
  • Cultural competence
  • Motivations to become a carer
  • Effective recruitment practices
  • Assessment of foster carers
  • Table 2: The core competencies on which the British Association for Adoption and Fostering assessment model is based (Asquith and Beesley 2002)
  • Training
  • Retention and satisfaction
  • Support
• Section 4. Recruitment and retention of kinship carers
  • Gaps in the literature
  • Kinship care: a contextual framework
  • Messages from research
• Section 5. Children and young people in care
  • Children's wellbeing
  • Children's services
  • Wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
• Section 6. Conclusion
• References
• Appendices
  • Appendix A. Current state and territory approaches regarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child welfare 
  • Appendix B. Government and non-government reports relevant to the out-of-home care service provision to Indigenous families
  • Appendix C. Key messages from research
    • Recruitment and retention of foster carers
    • Recruitment and retention of kinship carers