Karolina Walancik-Ryba

FOSTER CARE AS AN ELEMENT OF SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24040/pros.13.11.2020.ssp.224-230

Abstract

The article "Foster care as an element of social assistance" deals with the issues related to the foster family treated as an element of the legal system in force in Poland regarding social assistance. Foster care in Poland is implemented in one of the family forms of foster care, which is a foster family. The author analyzes the functioning of this institution and the forms of its support, both on the basis of the applicable provisions of law and in practice, on the basis of court files conducted in court. In addition, it presents villages regarding the applicable regulations in the field of social assistance and their functioning in judicial practice.

Keywords

Family. Social welfare systém. Foster family. Child. Foster care. Parents.