Hi,
outcome 4's FC3 "Evaluate why approaches in supporting positive attachments have been successful or unsuccessful for a child or young person" is based on wanting you to be able to develop your own ways of supporting positive attachment. With that in mind consider if you've been able to identify strategies where you;
Engage with children through daily/weekly/monthly routines and activities that promote positive relationships - trust, respect, genuine interest and concern for a child's well being, and how you promote
participation eg for bedtime routines, morning routine, interest groups, clubs, cooking treats & meals at home, gardening, games?
Listening actively to what they say? are there specific ans well as spontaneous times this happens?
Seek advice and support from others?
Each of these can be successful if all goes to plan! They'll be less or unsuccessful if the child refuses help, doesn't want to talk, you're unable to provide time for talking and sharing, have a rushed busy life and if situations are difficult, you seek support but your chosen sources of advice are unhelpful.
FC1 Understand the context of supporting children and young people through foster care"Explain how the maintenance of relationships with wider family and informal networks can have a positive or negative impact on their self image or identity"
Informal networks could include:
Family
Siblings
Friends
Neighbours
Special interest groups
Social groups
The roots that each of us have are the underpinning foundation to our sense of identity and the image that we have of ourselves eg. as a brother, sister, only child, eldest, youngest, middle, granchild, nephew, niece and friend and culturally the way of life that happens around that child, with the places they attend being part of their day to day routines, familiar, reassuring and stable in knowing what to expect eg. home, school, clubs & hangouts. To remove a child from everything they know can impact on how they suddenly see themselves, their future, and potentially how they think others see them.
Maintaining contact (in accordance with the law) offers continuity and knowledge that regardless of the current situation that is where they come from. Negatively, it can also provide a continuation of cycles that caused the original concern and act of removal eg. abuse, neglect, access to substances, abusive relationships and negative attitudes.
Keeping children in touch with parents following separation
Managing risks and benefits of contact on fosteringandadoption.rip.org.uk Quote:
Contact with siblings is important for both looked after and adopted children. Contact with the wider birth family – for example, with grandparents – can be a source of stability and continuity and may help counteract troubled relationships with parents.
‘Meaningful permanence must ensure that children are supported to a sense of belonging and identity that addresses the complex and varied meanings of “family” that they have experienced, whilst in care, and going on into adulthood.’ (Boddy 2013)
Hope this helps a little
Foster carer FC 1 and FC3 Level 3
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