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

A literature review

 

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Content type
Policy and practice paper
Published

November 2005

Researchers

Nick Richardson, Leah Bromfield, Daryl Higgins

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