
This review is designed to understand some of the models of foster care that exist across Wales, the rest of the UK and internationally. The purpose is to identify what works well and what doesn’t in terms of improving outcomes for children and young people: both in relation to individual models and in terms of common themes.
Profiles were produced for each model:
- Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
- Family Finding
- Mockingbird
- New Orleans Intervention
- Treatment Foster Care Oregon
- Fostering Wellbeing
- Lifelong Links
- MA Outreach
- MyST
- No Wrong Door
- Rehabilitation and Prevention Service
- Trauma Integrative Treatment Foster Care
Each profile lays out the model’s aims, origin and implementation, target group, resources required and set-up and running costs, where available. We also summarise the available evidence base for each model in terms of impact, effectiveness and cost-benefit, indicating any major limitations or lessons learned from the model’s roll-out.
The report also examines key findings across all of the models, with a particular focus on: target group; outcomes that models are trying to achieve; measuring impact; strength of the evidence base; costs and return on investment; commonalities in practice and common lessons learned.
The project was commissioned by the Children's Commissioning Consortium Cymru.