Evaluate prospective foster parents

Description

Interview the potential foster parents, running an extensive background check related to their medical, financial or criminal records, paying visits to their homes to ensure safe living conditions for the child to be placed under their guardianship and drawing objective and informed conclusions.

Alternative labels

evaluate potential foster parents
assess potential foster parents
assess prospective foster parents
evaluate prospective host parents
evaluate potential foster mother and father
conduct evaluation of prospective foster parents
interview and assess prospective foster parents

Skill type

skill/competence

Skill reusability level

sector-specific

Relationships with occupations

Essential skill

Evaluate prospective foster parents is an essential skill of the following occupations:

Foster care support worker: Foster care support workers assist and support mentally or physically abused children to be legally separated from their parents. They help them to recover by placing them in appropriate families and making sure that the children welfare is a priority.

Optional skill

Evaluate prospective foster parents is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

Social care worker: Social care workers provide support and help people with care services. They help people to live full and valued lives in the community. They assist babies, young children, adolescents, adults and older adults.They attend to the psychological, social, emotional and physical needs of service users. They work in a large variety of settings with individuals, families, groups, organisations and communities.

 


 

References

  1. Evaluate prospective foster parents – ESCO

 

Last updated on September 20, 2022