Registered Scottish Charity No: SC016092. Kinship Care Families.

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Registered Scottish Charity No: SC016092

Kinship Care Families

Registered Scottish Charity No: SC Kinship Care HelpLine Statistics Welfare Rights Family Relationship Contact/residence Legal Behaviour/discipline Phone

Registered Scottish Charity No: SC What our work tells us For the children, kinship carers tell us they need: therapeutic services and supports; Extra support at school; Help with managing relationships with their parents; Peer support from other children living in kinship care; Access to mental health services; Help to understand the impacts and effects of drug and alcohol misuse.

Registered Scottish Charity No: SC “Every child needs one person who is crazy about him.” Uri Bronfenbrenner

Registered Scottish Charity No: SC What our work tells us Kinship carers tell us they need: Respite from caring; Emotional support; Advice, information and support around caring for children; Access to free school meals/clothing grants to ease financial pressure; Access to leisure facilities; Advocacy to navigate through legal, health, housing or education systems; Advice and support around dealing with contact arrangements for the children; For the older grandparents in particular, knowing what will happen to the child/children should they become ill or pass away

Registered Scottish Charity No: SC Motivation Loyalty To the parent, family an the child Belief that a parent will accept responsibility in a later stage Rejection of a child would stimulate a guilt and indicate disloyalty to the family Obligation Attachment to a child Taking a child in, because she/he is a family Avoiding a child going into care system No other family member has come forward Penance Making up for what birth parents did not provide to the child( safety, protection) Reliving their parenting

Registered Scottish Charity No: SC It is not a difficult family, it is a family dealing with a difficult situation Guilt Anger Embarrassment Grief Projection Role definition

Registered Scottish Charity No: SC Role of attachment in KSC environment Importance of early years Child attachment style Caregiver attachment style Support available Truth

Registered Scottish Charity No: SC Contacts Irina McLean Kinship Care Outreach Worker KinshipCare Helpline Tel:

Registered Scottish Charity No: SC016092