Better quality in foster care in Europe : how can it be achieved?

Reimer, Daniela

doi:10.21256/zhaw-22698

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22698

Publication type:	Conference paper
Type of review:	Editorial review
Title:	Better quality in foster care in Europe : how can it be achieved?
Authors:	Reimer, Daniela
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.21256/zhaw-22698
Conference details:	Peer Review on "Furthering quality and accessibility of Foster Care Services in Croatia", online, 20-21 May 2021
Issue Date:	May-2021
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	European Commission
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Brussels
Language:	English
Subjects:	Quality foster care; Social policy
Subject (DDC):	362.7: Youth services
Abstract:	Children in alternative care are known to be especially vulnerable (Pomey 2017; Andresen et al. 2019/2020). The EU’s deinstitutionalisation initiative has transformed Europe’s youth welfare systems which traditionally relied very much on residential care and considered foster care merely a more cost-effective alternative. Today, foster care is the preferred form of alternative care in the EU. Placements in foster families have been demonstrated to be more conducive to better child development than placements in large institutions (Nelson et al. 2014). However, high rates of breakdowns also mean that they are ‘vulnerable interventions’ (Vanderfaeillie et al. 2018), particularly if they are poorly supported structurally and professionally (cf. Gabriel/Stohler 2020). EU Member States, therefore, bear a heavy responsibility for creating appropriate forms of placement and ensuring the quality of placements in foster families. This report addresses the issues raised in the peer review: - Finding foster families - Preparing foster families - Promoting foster family networks - Creating structures for professionalised forms of foster care - Foster families for children with special needs and behavioural problems The scene is set by outlining foster care in the EU at the present time and then presenting trends and quality standards and how these have been addressed in the EU to date.
URI:	https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=1024&newsId=9969 https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/22698
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Social Work
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Childhood, Youth and Family (IKJF)
Published as part of the ZHAW project:	Thematic Expert: European Peer Review on "Furthering quality and accessibility of Foster Care Services"
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Reimer, D. (2021, May). Better quality in foster care in Europe : how can it be achieved? Peer Review on “Furthering Quality and Accessibility of Foster Care Services in Croatia”, Online, 20-21 May 2021. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22698

Reimer, D. (2021) ‘Better quality in foster care in Europe : how can it be achieved?’, in Peer Review on ‘Furthering quality and accessibility of Foster Care Services in Croatia’, online, 20-21 May 2021. Brussels: European Commission. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22698.

D. Reimer, “Better quality in foster care in Europe : how can it be achieved?,” in Peer Review on “Furthering quality and accessibility of Foster Care Services in Croatia”, online, 20-21 May 2021, May 2021. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-22698.

REIMER, Daniela, 2021. Better quality in foster care in Europe : how can it be achieved? In: Peer Review on „Furthering quality and accessibility of Foster Care Services in Croatia“, online, 20-21 May 2021 [online]. Conference paper. Brussels: European Commission. Mai 2021. Verfügbar unter: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=1024&newsId=9969

Reimer, Daniela. 2021. “Better Quality in Foster Care in Europe : How Can It Be Achieved?” Conference paper. In Peer Review on “Furthering Quality and Accessibility of Foster Care Services in Croatia”, Online, 20-21 May 2021. Brussels: European Commission. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22698.

Reimer, Daniela. “Better Quality in Foster Care in Europe : How Can It Be Achieved?” Peer Review on “Furthering Quality and Accessibility of Foster Care Services in Croatia”, Online, 20-21 May 2021, European Commission, 2021, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22698.