The Department of Social Welfare is encouraging the use of
foster parents to care for children who or abandoned due to disability and
other factors.
Mr Fred Sakyi Boafo, Deputy Director, Child and Family
Welfare Division, said the Department has so far trained 514 foster parents in
various communities and have 171 children in foster care.
Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed
into the private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a
"foster parent" or with a family member approved by the state.
Mr Sakyi Boafo said evidence shows that nurturing family
environments are associated with positive outcomes for children’s development.
He said this at a Training of Trainers workshop on a Manual
for Caregivers of Children with Disabilities for Residential Homes for
Children.
He said formal foster care is typically authorized and
arranged by an administrative or judicial authority which also provides
oversight to ensure the best interest of the child is being met.
Mr Sakyi Boafo said the foster care system in Ghana is
backed by the Foster Care Regulations, 2018 (Li 2361)
He said the Department of Social Welfare has developed the
foster care operational manual (2018), a foster parent training manual (2018)
to help strengthen formal foster care in Ghana.
The Department is also carrying our recruitment drives to
train and retain a pool of foster parents, he added.
Mr Sakyi Boafo said the foster parent training programmes
will also include how to manage children with disabilities and called for
intensified social educational.
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