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Assessing the Quality of Transition Plans in Out‐of‐Home Care

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite transition planning practices for young people (YP) in out‐of‐home care (OoHC), many continue to experience inequities after care, suggesting that intended outcomes are not being achieved. In Victoria, Australia, a Care and Transition Plan (transition plan(s)) document is the primary mandated tool to capture YP's transition goals ...
Hayley Wainwright   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who Is a Sibling? Social Work Professionals' Views on Definitions of Siblinghood in Foster Care in England

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When children are placed in foster care, social work professionals decide whether they should and can be placed with their siblings. In England, this has become an important discussion within social work, as research has highlighted both the value of sibling co‐placement and the extent to which it often does not happen.
Florie J. E. Schmits, Esther Dermott
wiley   +1 more source

Promotion of Emotional Competencies in Auxiliary Grandparents Caregivers: A Pilot Prevention Programme

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examined the efficacy of a 5‐week combined psychoeducation and support programme aimed at enhancing emotional competencies and psychological well‐being among Spanish auxiliary grandparent caregivers. Two delivery formats (face‐to‐face and synchronous online) were compared with a control group receiving no intervention, and ...
Cristina Noriega   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Openness Towards the Child's Birth Family in a Canadian Foster‐To‐Adopt Setting

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Quebec, Canada, looked‐after children deemed at high risk of discontinuity and instability can be placed with foster‐to‐adopt parents. This allows them to remain in the same family if and when they are legally freed for adoption. Uncertainty regarding the finalization of adoption and mandatory pre‐adoption contact with birth family members ...
Béatrice Decaluwe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grandparental Care in Multigenerational and Skipped‐Generation Families: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Grandchild and Grandparent Mental Health and Family Functioning

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Grandparental care is prevalent around the world. It can affect not only the psychosocial well‐being of individual family members involved but also family well‐being as a whole. This systematic review and meta‐analysis synthesizes the effects of grandparental care on grandchildren's and grandparents' mental health and family functioning and ...
Jia Chen, Yihang Wang
wiley   +1 more source

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