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ISS/IRC Code	TOOL-PRACTICE ENG-152
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Title	A marginalised resource? Recruiting, assessing and supporting single carers
Author	BETTS, Bridget
Generic unit	Good Practice Guide

General information
Date published/issue	00-00-2007
Date received	00-00-0000
Place published	UNITED KINGDOM
Editor
Publisher	BAAF (British Association for Adoption and Fostering) 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS, UK; (www.baaf.org.uk)
Distributor
Page	49
Price	9,95 £
ISBN	9781905664146
Type of material	Booklet
Language of document

Document information
Document description	Commentaries Guide Information
Country concerned	UNITED KINGDOM
Index	Foster-care Practice Adoption Pap-single Procedure-adoption Paps-info-counsel Matching
Free text	This publication aims to give information about the legal position on adoption and fostering by single men and women. This issue reviews the research, the relevant legislation across the UK, and the policy and practice issues surrounding these questions. It also discussed the ways of recruiting single men and women as adopters and foster carers; issues regarding best practice in all stages of the assessment process;ways for social workers to support single adopters and carers; changing perceptions of single male carers and their future role in adoption and fostering. The publication has quotations from single carers who have adopted or are waiting to be matched. This material it is useful for social workers, social work managers, and those involved with the recruitment, assessment and support of ofster carers and adopters.