Length: 57 mins
In this webinar Andrea draws upon her work with foster carers, adopters and special guardians, in the UK and internationally, to explore the social and emotional meanings of food for children and their carers. She identifies some of the challenges, but uses examples of cooking, shopping and eating together to demonstrate how good care supports a healthy relationship with food in childhood and into adulthood.
This webinar was created for foster carers, though may have useful information and tips for adoptive parents and special guardians.
“I thought this was very insightful.” – Hub member
Director of Nifa Children & Families Consultancy
Andrea trained as a children’s social worker and later taught social policy and social work in universities.
Her interest in fostering grew whilst working as the Fostering Development Consultant for the British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF). Project work there led to a focus on the therapeutic role food can play in fostering households, and she has written and published on this theme over many years.
Andrea founded Nifa, Children & Families Consultancy over 10 years ago. She chairs Fostering Panels across the sector and has a team of multi-disciplinary professionals who complete a range of assessments, deliver training and provide service development and improvement.