“…Ensuring a sufficient number of foster families to ensure children's physical and emotional stability and integral development is a pressing issue, but recruiting, selecting, training, and retaining foster families is a markedly difficult process (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2018;Contreras, & Muñoz, 2016;Ciarrochi et al, 2012, Sinclair & Wilson, 2003. Several child protection systems worldwide have been reporting the need to recruit new families, as there are fewer available foster families than the number of children in need (Raudkivi, 2020;Sebba, 2012), especially for older children, those from minority ethnic backgrounds, and those with emotional and/or behavioural difficulties (Shuker, 2012). Furthermore, the retention of foster families is described as an additional challenge, namely the high turnover rates of foster families (Gouveia et al, 2021).…”