The group is open to
any kin carers in the Northampton area.
It's incorrect to state that Aboriginal children can only be placed with
kin Carers or Aboriginal people.
Not exact matches
In 2016, only 50.9 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were placed with their family, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family, and only 66.2 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were placed with their family,
kin or another Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
carer.
Unfortunately, not all children or young people have family or
kin who can care for them, so foster
carers from the wider community are vitally important.
To keep more Aboriginal children and young people with their families or
kin, we will also support Aboriginal
carers to consider guardianship where restoration is not possible.
This means Aboriginal children should be placed within family or
kin, other Aboriginal
carers in their community, or if that's not possible, with Aboriginal
carers outside their community.
Whilst the study of attachment was initially centred on the mother — child bond (Bowlby 1979), it was later developed to include the concept of multiple attachments, such as with the father,
kin and day
carers (Rutter et al. 2007; Santelices and Pérez 2013).