ISBN : 9782296565258
FAMILY MATTERS / INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES? IS FOSTER CARE WAITING FOR PROFESSIONALIZATION
In this speech, I would like to draw on experience gained as an industrial and organizational psychologist, a post I have held since January 2009 at the Service Offre d'Accueil where I am responsible for foster care within the children and family department at the Conseil général de l'Hérault (Hérault County Council). I assist in the recruitment, training and professional support of the 750 foster carers who are employed in the county. I will divide this discussion on professionalization into three main parts. Once we have looked at an industrial and organizational psychologist's field of study, I will focus on the organizational and psychological issues of foster care from the foster carer's point of view. Thirdly, I will question the promises made by...