Fostering Kids New Zealand Case Study

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This essay will look at Foster Care in New Zealand. It will do this by examining the concept of whangai among Maori families and how the colonisation of New Zealand by the Europeans impacted on Maori cultural through the use of foster care. It will also look at some of the services that are available in New Zealand to foster cares. The next part of this essay will look at specialised knowledge, such as what a carer needs to have to take care of children and it will look at how the Children, Young Persons, and their Families Act (1989) removes children from unsafe homes and places them into care. It will also discuss the understanding of the importance of safety for the child and their family and what skills that are needed when working within the Child protection field of practice and what role social workers have in this particular field. It then will discuss the main type of interventions and assessments that are used within Child, Youth, and Family Services, which use the Tuituia assessment model. The final part of this essay will highlight current issues that are impacting on the child …show more content…

It is a charity that is designed to support the foster carers around the country. Fostering Kids New Zealand provides extra training for the carers as well as programs to help build the confidence of the children in care. It also offers support and advice if a carer finds himself or herself in legal trouble (Fostering Kids New Zealand, 2014). Another, important role of Fostering Kids New Zealand is that they help connect carers with each other. This is important network for Social workers to be aware of because many carers become isolated from friends and family as they are investing all their spare time into their foster child. This means that many carers do not have the supports around them that understand what it is like to care for a foster and their groups provide that connection (Fostering Kids New Zealand,

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