Working with birth parents. Care Planning Different pathways through the care system affect the purpose and goals of working with families: permanent.

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Working with birth parents

Care Planning Different pathways through the care system affect the purpose and goals of working with families: permanent return to birth parents shared care arrangements remaining within the looked after system legal permanence through adoption, special guardianship or residence order Whatever the route to permanence, skilled work with birth families is essential either to ensure the safeguarding and wellbeing of the return, or to support families to adjust to their changing role

Legal Context 1989 Children Act Volume 2 - requirement for local authorities to work in partnership with parents Care Order section Children Act - parents and local authority share legal parental responsibility Section Children Act - accommodated with parental agreement parents have sole parental responsibility Section Children Act - local authority has duty to safeguard welfare of all LAC Definition of parental responsibility - automatically given to a mother from birth and both parents if married or in a civil partnership at time of the birth or treatment. It includes certain rights and duties but it is guided by the best interests principles

Impact Fostering/Adoption on Birth Parents Most birth parents have feelings of bereavement, sadness, grief and anger Loss of identity of one’s self as a parent is hard to come to terms with for most parents For parents whose children have been adopted, the adoption process may compound pre-existing parental difficulties and their lives may spiral out of control Work with birth parents of adopted children needs to acknowledge their intense emotions and the impact on their behaviour - they may not be able to contain their anger enough to take in information or participate in meetings

Engaging Birth Parents Need to engage (where appropriate) birth parents, grandparents, siblings and others in care planning process Many parents of LAC have had troubled attachments in childhood and are likely to have experienced a range of problems These complex needs can lead to difficulties with services engaging with birth parents

Facilitating Engagement with Birth Parents Birth parents appreciate social workers who are able to listen and are 'straight-talking' and honest about their problems "Practitioners who find it difficult to break bad news or who encourage parents to be over-optimistic about their progress are not so highly valued" (Davies and Ward, 2012:84) Birth families want involvement, information, and understanding. This requires a culture of active listening, empathy and respect

Facilitating Engagement with Birth Parents Before children return home social workers need to clearly set out: the standards expected of parents during reunification the timescales for changes to be made the consequences if standards are not maintained a clear contingency plan which is actioned if changes are not forthcoming. (Farmer and Lutman, 2012)

Keys skills for engagement Taking time and persisting in developing a relationship with the family Having the necessary inter-personal skills Being open and honest and having the confidence to say when behaviours are not acceptable Developing the family's trust Being non-judgemental Helping to motivate and incentivise families Setting realistic and achievable goals Being available and flexible (Easton et al, 2013)