Family and Friends Placement – Test Test your knowledge Questions for Family and Friends Placement In order for us to provide you confirmation of your scores, please provide the following details: Name Organisation 1. Approximately how many children were living in formal kinship arrangements at March 2013? 5,000 9,000 7,000 8,0002. Approximately what proportion of children living in kinship care live informally with relatives? 80% 70% 90% 85%3. True or false: children placed with kinship carers do less well than children placed with unrelated foster carers?TrueFalse4. True or false: relatives are generally not involved in local authority decision making and pre-proceedings planning True False5. True or false: Family Group Conferences should always be used to engage family members early in the process True False6. True or false: The majority of kinship care arrangements are initiated by social workersTrueFalse7. True or false: Placements tend to be more stable when kinship carers have been formally assessed? True False8. True or false: Support should be available for kinship carers regardless of whether children are cared for through formal or informal arrangements? True False9. True or false: Kinship carers show a strong commitment to the children they care for True False10. True or false: Kinship carers do not usually have to deal with children with challenging behaviour?TrueFalse11. True or False: The majority of kinship carers are grandparentsTrueFalse12. Which of these statements are associated with positive outcomes for children placed in kinship care (tick all that are true)? The child has few difficulties when placed The carer is an aunt or uncle The child is placed with siblings The child is placed at an older age The child has previously lived with their carer The carer instigates the placement13. Thinking about your own practice, consider the following and tick all those that you currently do, and reflect upon any changes/training you need to improve your practice. Thinking about your own practice, consider the following and tick all those that you currently do, and reflect upon any changes/training you need to improve your practice. I have a good knowledge and understanding of research on outcomes for children placed with kinship carers and use this in my practice I am persistent in trying to involve family members when making decisions about a child when there are welfare or safeguarding concerns I never pressurise kinship carers to apply for a Special Guardianship or Residence Order I carry out a thorough assessment of all potential kinship carers at the pre-proceedings stage and avoid sequential assessment where possible I am confident in providing concise and analytical evidence to the court showing that all potential kinship carers have been assessed I always listen to the concerns of kinship carers and provide support to them when appropriate Back to tabs
