Implementing a Therapeutic Team Parenting Approach to Fostering: The Experiences of One Independent Foster-Care Agency

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Journal Article Implementing a Therapeutic Team Parenting Approach to Fostering: The Experiences of One Independent Foster-Care Agency Get access Jo Staines, Jo Staines * Dr Jo Staines is a Teaching Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice, in the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Her research and publications focus on foster-care for adolescents, including remand foster-care and the interface between the care and youth justice systems. Elaine Farmer is Professor of Child and Family Studies in the Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare, in the School for Policy Studies. She has published widely in the fields of foster and residential care, the reunification of separated children with their families, kinship care and child protection. Dr Julie Selwyn is a Reader and Director of the Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies at the School for Policy Studies. Her research and publications have included stability and permanence for looked after children, adoption, looked after minority ethnic children and foster-care. *Correspondence to Dr Jo Staines, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Bristol, BS8 1TH, UK. E-mail: jo.staines@bristol.ac.uk Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Elaine Farmer, Elaine Farmer Dr Jo Staines is a Teaching Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice, in the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Her research and publications focus on foster-care for adolescents, including remand foster-care and the interface between the care and youth justice systems. Elaine Farmer is Professor of Child and Family Studies in the Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare, in the School for Policy Studies. She has published widely in the fields of foster and residential care, the reunification of separated children with their families, kinship care and child protection. Dr Julie Selwyn is a Reader and Director of the Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies at the School for Policy Studies. Her research and publications have included stability and permanence for looked after children, adoption, looked after minority ethnic children and foster-care. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Julie Selwyn Julie Selwyn Dr Jo Staines is a Teaching Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice, in the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Her research and publications focus on foster-care for adolescents, including remand foster-care and the interface between the care and youth justice systems. Elaine Farmer is Professor of Child and Family Studies in the Centre for Family Policy and Child Welfare, in the School for Policy Studies. She has published widely in the fields of foster and residential care, the reunification of separated children with their families, kinship care and child protection. Dr Julie Selwyn is a Reader and Director of the Hadley Centre for Adoption and Foster Care Studies at the School for Policy Studies. Her research and publications have included stability and permanence for looked after children, adoption, looked after minority ethnic children and foster-care. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 41, Issue 2, March 2011, Pages 314–332, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcq043 Published: 22 March 2010 Article history Accepted: 01 March 2010 Published: 22 March 2010