Foster Carer Training: Resources, Payment and Support

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 6-16

  Ogilvie, Kate ^a   Kirton, Derek ^b   Beecham, Jennifer ^b  

^a Bath and North East Somerset Council   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children's workforce; foster carers; National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ); payment for skills; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249155154     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590603000303     Document Type: Article

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