Innovación socioeducativa para el apoyo de adolescentes en situación de acogimiento familiar [PDF]
, 2010 Este artículo presenta los resultados de la investigación sobre los adolescentes acogidos en familias extensas. Este proyecto se sitúa en la investigación cooperativa. La muestra está compuesta por 57 jóvenes acogidos y 79 técnicos expertos en protección
Balsells, M. Àngels +4 more
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Caregivers' experiences with kinship care and Child Welfare Services
Journal of Comparative Social WorkKinship care placements are significant for meeting the need for alternative care in child welfare systems worldwide. This qualitative evidence synthesis develops a comprehensive understanding of the role of the Child Welfare Service (CWS) in kinship ...
Anne Apeland Svalastog +2 more
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Commentary on Grandparents in Kinship Care: Help or Hindrance to Family Preservation [PDF]
, 2011 Invited commentary on Grandparents in Kinship Care: Help or Hindrance to Family ...
Lewis-Conerly, Lori
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SocietiesInformal kinship care, an arrangement that is made without the involvement of a child welfare agency or a court, makes up the majority of kinship arrangements in the United States. However, the current literature on informal kinship care is very limited.
Eun Koh +3 more
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2009 Child abuse and neglect are common problems across the world that result in negative consequences for children, families and communities. Children who have been abused or neglected are often removed from the home and placed in residential care or with ...
Marc Winokur +2 more
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Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2010 Family and kinship care has a long history. It dates from times when children or young people were taken in to extended family networks or placed with relatives when birth parents or primary carers were unable, for whatever reasons, to provide them a ...
Leon Fulcher
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‘That's the bloodline’: Does Kinship and care translate to Kinship care?
Australian Journal of Social Issues, 2022 AbstractKinship for First Nations people is a fundamental, yet complex, element of one's culture, enabling both belonging and relationality, and extending beyond blood family and relations. Kinship is also recognized as important within out‐of‐home care (OOHC) systems, with kinship care being the predominant OOHC placement type in Australia (AIHW, 2021)
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How do kinship (family and friends) foster carers experience their role and working relationships within the children’s workforce? (Sharing our experience, Practitioner-led research 2008-2009; PLR0809/054) [PDF]
, 2009 This research was undertaken in a London local authority and consisted of semi-structured interviews with five kinship foster carers approved by the local authority.
Adams, Paul, Bevan, Sarah
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Safeguarding the Rights of Children Living in Kinship Care in South Africa
Potchefstroom Electronic Law JournalBy the early 2000s the practice of using the foster care system as a measure to subsidise the income of families who cared for the children of relatives was firmly entrenched in South Africa.
Hanneretha Kruger
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Mapping intergenerational care across households in the UK: analysing proximity, propinquity and resources in the "tacit intergenerational contract" [PDF]
, 2012 Intergenerational exchanges of care form the backbone of informal care arrangements in the UK. Against a background of cuts in public spending and an increasingly ageing population, the centrality of familial or kinship care, in the provision of everyday
Coast, Ernestina +2 more
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