Needs of foster parent resource workers

Challenges facing foster parent resource workers in Canada

“…They are the professional staff members who monitor for guideline compliance and quality of care as well as provide direct support and assistance to foster parents as needed. Depending on the job description, these workers may also provide recruitment services for their agencies and assessments to determine suitability to provide foster care service for the agency, train foster parents, coordinate internal and external resources for the foster parents in support of the foster children, and provide foster parent advocacy (Brown & Gerrits, ). They are best positioned to help foster parent caregivers (a term typically used to refer to kinship caregivers) navigate the system to access resources.…”