The not - for - profit organisation behind The Conies, a family of cartoon characters that provide
safety role models for children, has been shocked by the steep rise.
The PRIDE
Model of Practice is based on five essential competency categories
for foster / adoptive parents, developed from a comprehensive national analysis of the
roles of foster and adoptive parents and grouped into the following five categories: (1) Protecting and nurturing
children (
safety child welfare outcome); (2) Meeting
children's developmental needs and addressing developmental delays (well - being
child welfare outcome); (3) Supporting relationships between
children and their families (permanency
child welfare outcome); (4) Connecting
children to safe, nurturing relationships intended to last a lifetime (permanency
child welfare outcome); and (5) Working as a member of a professional team (essential to achieve the above four categories).
Implementing the PRIDE
Model of Practice provides your agency with the opportunity to ensure that your staff and resource families commit to your agency's vision, mission, and values; have complementary competency - based
roles; use strengths - based language; implement culturally responsive best practices; and work to achieve outcomes that support
safety, well - being, and permanency
for the
children in your care.