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‘It Isn't the Child Wearing Us Out, It's the System’: Navigating Support Systems When Struggling as Foster Parents in Norway

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Foster parents encounter significant and diverse obstacles in receiving support when caring for children affected by relational trauma and mental illness. These issues extend to their interactions with welfare systems, mental health professionals and personal networks.
Anette S. Solvi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Devoted Despite It All’: Norwegian Child Welfare Workers' Experiences of Implementing a Therapeutic Model for Adolescents With Co‐Occurring Problems

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Norway, child welfare responsibilities are divided between state‐run (SCW) and municipal (MCW) agencies. This study explores MCW practitioners' experiences of implementing a therapeutic model tailored by SCW for MCW to aid adolescents with severe and co‐occurring problems and their families.
Line Solheim Kvamme   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Family Experience of Detention for Migratory Reasons: Findings From a Qualitative Systematic Review

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing international migration, several states have adopted controversial measures, including detaining migrants, which have detrimental impacts on migrants' physical, mental and social health. Although family is often at the heart of migratory decisions, few studies have used a family lens to examine this phenomenon.
Christine Gervais   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experiences of Young People Leaving Children's Homes as a Form of Institutional Care: A Qualitative Study

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Türkiye, there are very few studies examining the outcomes of children's homes, which are institutional care services where children/young people in need of protection are cared for, in terms of independent living. This study was designed in line with the question of how young people who have left these homes experience independent living ...
Özge Kelebek, Fatih Kucur
wiley   +1 more source

‘I Am Still Concerned About Them’: Grandmother Kinship Caregivers and the Challenge of Abuse by Children in Their Care

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research evidence has shown that adverse occurrences within the kinship caregiving environment, such as the grandparents' experiences of violence and abuse, may introduce new stressors or exacerbate existing aged‐related challenges, leading to adverse impacts on grandparent kinship carers.
Hajara Bentum   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Removed With the Stroke of a Pen’: The Hidden Impact of Placement Disruptions on Foster Parents in Norway

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the emotional impact of unplanned removals of foster children on foster parents in Norway. It aims to understand their experiences and identify the support they need during these challenging transitions. We employed a descriptive phenomenological approach.
Anette S. Solvi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disability, Pregnancy, and Child Protective Services: Experiences of Birthing People in Ontario, Canada

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We explored disabled birthing parents' fear of, and involvement with, child protective services in the perinatal period, including how such experiences impacted their prenatal, birth, and postpartum care. Birthing parents with a physical, sensory, and/or intellectual or developmental disability were recruited in Ontario, Canada, and completed ...
Claire Grant   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Disappearance of Urban Horses and the Rise of Homelessness and Mental Illness

open access: yesCity &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Homelessness is growing in cities across the Western world, accompanied by high rates of mental health problems. To address this crisis, programs focus on providing affordable housing and mental health services. Yet this effort seems insufficient to stem the tide.
Vincent Laliberté
wiley   +1 more source

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