FEATURES OF REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES OF FOSTER CARERS

The rehabilitation activity of a foster caregiver in the process of providing a patronage service is complex. It provides the implementation of measures aimed at the child's needs, restoring or forming the functional ties of the child and his family environment with social groups. The purpose of the article is to analyze and highlight the features and characteristics of the rehabilitation activities of a foster caregiver when providing foster care services for a child. Through the analysis, synthesis and generalization of scientific research, current regulatory legal acts, the tasks of the rehabilitation activity of the foster caregiver concerning children of different groups are determined. This activity is based on the principles and ethical standards that have been presented. Features and characteristics of foster carers' rehabilitation activities are limited in time (the service of foster care is temporary from 3 to 6 months); provided in the apartment where the foster parent family lives. It is provided by persons who do not have the professional education of a rehabilitation specialist, social worker, psychologist, etc, but only who have been selected and trained according to the program of foster carers' training. The conditions of the foster carer's rehabilitation activity success have been described. The emphasis is placed on the work peculiarities of the foster parent's work with the child's biological parents in the rehabilitation process. The areas in which the foster caregiver implements the rehabilitation activities tasks are identified, and various types of assistance and support that he can use are described. It is noted that the rehabilitation activities of the foster carer are carried out within the framework of case management technology. It describes the sequence of actions of a private educator to prepare for the transfer of the child to family forms of education.

One Door: A unified approach for caregivers

New Zealand currently operates separate doors and different entry pathways for people wishing to adopt, foster or offer permanent care for a child. This presentation outlines the work now underway to develop a unified application, preparation, assessment, training and support system for applicants wishing to care for a child, whether by adoption, guardianship or as a transitional (foster) caregiver. Placing the child at the centre, One Door uses a framework comprised of six core attributes for parenting a child not born to you; safety; attachment; resilience; identity; integrity; and support. A challenge for the One Door design team will be the application of the model to the family/whänau caregiver whose entry into the care system is, in the main, through necessity not desire.