Kinship offer - Information for Carers Home Types of fostering Kinship offer - Information for Carers Contents What is kinship? You are here: What does kinship mean to me? Who will I be working with? Financial support Useful definitions Key contacts Training Wellbeing Useful organisations and Support Services What does kinship mean to me? Where possible, children should be supported to live safely within their family. Where a child cannot remain in the care of their parents, research has consistently found that children placed in kinship care generally do as well, if not better, than children in unrelated foster care, particularly regarding the stability of the placement. It is essential that if a child may not be able to live safely with their parents, practitioners identify potential carers from within the child’s network of family and friends and determine whether they will be able to provide safe care to meet the child’s needs, until they reach adulthood. Previous page What is kinship? Next page Who will I be working with?