1. Children in foster care

2. Essential information on the subject of foster care in Poland

3. Act of 25 February 1964, Family and Guardianship Code..."placement of a child in foster care may take place only if all other forms of help offered to the parents of the child, mentioned in the regulations on family support and foster care system, become exhausted, unless the well-being of the child requires immediate provision of foster care" Act of 09 June 2011 on family support and foster care system

4. The child - the most important subject of the system of family support and foster care The Preamble Hearing the child out Efficient decision making with respect to further fate of the child

5. MODEL TASKS OF FAMILY ASSISTANT: - offering help to families with respect to solving child problems of social, psychological and educational nature -providing help to families with respect to improvement of their life conditions, including obtaining skills of correct household management -motivating to participate in group classes for parents aimed at shaping correct parenting models and skills; -providing support to children, particularly by participation in psychological and educational classes; Family assistant - as the basic tool of family support OBSERVED RESULTS: the number of children placed in foster care dropped ca. 16,600

6. De-institutionalization of foster care

7. Forms of foster care family foster care institutional foster care

8. Statutory forms of support for development of family foster care Organizer of family foster care Coordinator of family foster care Financial support

9. Professionalization of family foster care and cooperation with non- governmental organizations in this field

10. Statutory means for making foster care professional Retraining Regulating leaves for foster family Trainings Supervision

11. The Foster Parenting Congress The Congress is first of all a good opportunity to: is an event organized with participation of the Ombudsman for Children, addressed to all foster parents and persons and institutions supporting them

12. THE CODE OF SAFE CARE in foster parenting Includes, among others, information and guidelines such as: types of experience of children who may be placed in a foster family how to protect the child how to help the child be himself again how to prepare the family for new residents how to build and support family relations