The Recruitment, Retention, and Support of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Foster Carers: A Literature Review
Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2005.
ISBN 0 642 395349.
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Table of Contents
- Section 1. Overview PDF (158 KB)
- 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 PDF (194 KB)
- 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 PDF (425 KB)
- 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 PDF (254 KB)
- Gaps in the literature
- Kinship care: a contextual framework
- Messages from research
- Section 5. Children and young people in care PDF (192 KB)
- Children's wellbeing
- Children's services
- Wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
- Section 6. Conclusion PDF (64 KB)
- References PDF (168 KB)
- Appendices
- Appendix A. Current state and territory approaches regarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child welfare PDF (291 KB)
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
- Appendix B. Government and non-government reports relevant to the out-of-home care service provision to Indigenous families PDF (108 KB)
- Appendix C. Key messages from research PDF (145 KB)
- Recruitment and retention of foster carers
- Recruitment and retention of kinship carers
- Appendix A. Current state and territory approaches regarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child welfare PDF (291 KB)