Introduction

Part 1. Personal experiences of black people.

Part 2. Getting started

• How should social services staff and foster carers approach work with black and minority ethnic children?
• Assessment
• Racism.
• Emotional and practical support
• Promoting a positive identity.
• Choosing positive learning
• Role models and mentors
• Finding an appropriate placement.
• Life story work.
• Asylum seekers.
• The needs of disabled black children.
• Education support for black children.

Part 3. Ethnic Monitoring

• What is Ethnicity?
• Self Classification
• Issues around data collection

Part 4. Practical advice on caring for a black child.

• Caring for children
• Skin care
• Exposure to the sun
• Hair care
• Clothing
• Traditional Asian Clothing

Part 5. Health

• Sickle Cell
• Thalassaemia
• Mongolian Blue Spots
• Bruising
• Female Genital Mutilation

Part 6. Diet

Part 7. Background information about cultures

• People of South Asia
• People of the Caribbean
• People of the Balkans – Eastern Europe
• People of Afghanistan
• People of China
• People of Vietnam
• People of Africa
• People of Ireland

Part 8. Background information about religions

• Islam
• Sikhism
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Eastern Philosophies
• Rastafari
• Judiasm
• Christianity

Part 9. Glossary and the law

• Glossary
• The Law

Appendix 1 – Responding to racial harassment

Appendix 2 – Placement suitability tool

Appendix 3 – Translation and interpretation

Appendix 4 – Rowntree Foundation Research - Providing better access to short breaks for black disabled children and their parents.

Appendix 5. – Practice Checklist