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Finding a Suitable Fostering Agency: Swedish Foster Carers' Reflections on Navigating a Mixed Welfare Market

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Due to marketization, foster carers in many Western countries can choose between a number of local child welfare authorities (LAs) and independent fostering agencies (IFAs) to be contracted by. Through semi‐structured interviews with foster carers (n = 24), this study examined how foster carers navigate the Swedish foster care market and what ...
Evelina Fridell Lif
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Consequences of Parents' Trust and Distrust of Social Workers in Child Welfare Services: Social Workers' Perspectives in Finland

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, we explore the consequences of parents' trust and distrust of social workers in child welfare services. We collected data via qualitative surveys administered in 2022, to which 29 Finnish social workers responded. We used thematic analysis to identify the key themes of the consequences of trust in our data.
Eveliina Heino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caregivers' perspectives of support needs for adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
Abstract Research focused on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is often deficit‐focused, limiting a holistic understanding of individuals' support needs. Families of adolescents with FASD also struggle to access appropriate services. Using semi‐structured interviews, the current study explored the perspectives of seven caregivers of adolescents ...
Kelly Skorka   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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