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Team ParentingTM
Team Parenting™ is based on the principle of ‘making a positive and lasting difference’.
Team Parenting™ is a holistic approach to fostering that draws together a range of professionals to support a foster care placement in meeting the needs of the foster carer and the child or young person.
Key Assets Fostering is part of a global brand encompassing foster care agencies across four continents. We base our foster care on the success of Team Parenting™ worldwide, and its effectiveness in positively impacting the effects of trauma and attachment issues and the provision of quality care in a family setting.
The role of the foster carer
The foster carer is central to Team Parenting™. The foster carer acts as the ‘agent of change’, with the extended responsibility to deliver the therapeutic foster care directly to the child or young person.
Team Parenting™ support services are not intended to replace the responsibilities of the foster carer but rather to extend and enhance those responsibilities.
The Team Parenting™ team
The Team Parenting™ team is made up of a variety of different support service workers:
- Social Workers undertake frequent visits and regular telephone contact with you as your closest support professional.
- Children and Young People Support Services (CYPSS) workers - are experienced youth workers who provide for every child placed with a Key Assets Fostering foster carer. Dedicated support is vital to the success of the service we provide.
- Education Officers act as a liaison between children and young people and their schools.
- Therapists provide therapeutic support to children and young people by working closely with the foster carer as well as the wider support network around a placement. Therapy can be delivered individually or in groups.
The success of Team Parenting™ around the world has proved that any specialist intervention from one of these professional support services has the potential to make all the difference to a foster care placement.
Team Parenting™ and complex needs
Team Parenting™ is aimed at addressing the therapeutic needs of children and young people in foster care. It is often referred to as ‘therapeutic foster care’. This describes our joint approach to creating a therapeutic environment for the child or young person within a foster care placement.
A Key Assets Fostering Therapist directs a team built to support children in placement, which is made up of the foster carer and a range of professionals, each of whom specialise in different fields. The Therapist will hold Team Parenting™ meetings to discuss the unique needs of the child or young person before a foster care placement or shortly after it begins.
Team Parenting™ professionals tries to ensure that issues from the past do not go on to damage the future outcome of a child in foster care. Team Parenting™ is aimed not just at increasing the stability of a placement but also at increasing the level of attachment between children and young people and their foster carers.
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