.... Abstract This article explores the experiences of social workers in kinship foster care, particularly those supporting grandparents in the Czech Republic. Despite their pivotal role, the challenges they face remain underexplored in social work scholarship. Drawing on twenty-four in-depth interviews...

.../standard_publication_model ) Abstract We examined mortality rates of adolescents and young adults before and after exiting foster care. We used administrative records to identify individuals born in California 1985-2005 who had a foster care episode on or after their 16th birthday. We linked these records to vital death...

... page on our site—for further information please contact [email protected]. Abstract This article qualitatively explores the toolkits used by social workers providing family reunification services to child offenders in foster care and their family of origin. Semi-structured interviews were...

...:https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/pages/standard-publication-reuse-rights ) Abstract Contact visit with the family of origin during foster care is a recognized right in Spain, although these contacts are often not of quality. The current study examines the changes achieved by foster families who have completed the parental...

... foster care. These babies are more vulnerable and face many health and development challenges. Caring for them can be tough and requires knowledgeable caregivers. Foster and kinship carers have a big responsibility to care for children, but we don’t know how well they’re trained to care for infants. Our...

...) investment in scheme workers and carers. However, we also highlight budget constraints on LAs, and workload and cost of living pressures on carers, that may be harder to resolve. adult foster care adult placements adult social care innovation learning disabilities Shared Lives social work Economic...

... the imperative for comprehensive digital inclusion strategies within the child welfare system. digital inclusion foster care social determinants of health technology Healthy People 2030 is a comprehensive initiative that entails a set of goals and objectives aimed at improving the health and well...

... to make them work locally. They also felt that more work is needed to develop programmes that improve well-being and prevent suicide. adolescents children evaluation foster care intervention mental health residential care systematic review NIHR 10.13039/100006662 PHR 10.13039/501100001921...

... transplantation, foster care, and intentional multiple parenthood. However, in most countries, including Denmark, legal barriers constrain these methods due to surrogacy restrictions, suspended international adoptions, and the experimental status of uterus transplantation. Despite existing research on surrogacy...

... knowledgeable and confident. They provide some training for social workers, foster carers and residential carers but more needs to be done to improve policy, training and support for young people who are LGBTQ and growing up in the care system. foster care LGBTQ+ looked after children residential care young...

... instigate care proceedings. Once granted, the local authority attains parental responsibility and determines whether a child resides either in foster care or adoption. There is a common misconception that child protection legislation, safeguarding practices, policies and assessment practices are impartial...

...Hannah C Espeleta; Lisa Schelbe; Kenneth J Ruggiero; J Bart Klika Frequency analyses were used to describe the characteristics of the sample related to demographic, healthcare, and foster care placement at program admission and exit. Univariate analyses (chi-square tests and t tests...

... permanence for young people leaving foster care (FC), potentially translating into additional poor outcomes in adulthood (e.g. homelessness, lower educational attainment, lower employment prospects) ( Gypen et al., 2017 ). Consistent with these adverse experiences, youths’ descriptions of CW have...

... that trauma training for foster and kinship carers is not sufficient unless it is accompanied by a broader change to OOHC systems. foster care kinship care looked after children out-of-home care trauma-informed care Australian Government Research Training Program Federation University Australia...

... and the researchers describe how they combined practical first-hand experience with research and theory for better information for caseworkers. Action research co-design contact foster care out-of-home care Australian Research Council Linkage LP180101332 New South Wales Department of Communities...

... Services, 2020 ). Many of these children require protection via placement with another caregiver and a considerable portion will not be reunited with their biological caregivers. Some will remain in foster care until the age of maturity. At a minimum, these children suffer the removal from a parent...

...-rights ) Historically, most research on siblings in foster care has focused on permanency and well-being outcomes for youth living together or apart from their siblings. For instance, youth who are separated from their siblings often face more disruption in their placement trajectory ( DiGiovanni...

... the original work is properly cited. Abstract Following decades in which professionalisation was widely assumed to be a permanent (and growing) feature of foster care in England, the government signalled a clear anti-professional turn in its 2018 publication Fostering Better Outcomes (FBOs). This rejected...

... the worker survey. Meaningfully involving care leavers in decisions about their future is an important human right that may ease the transition from foster care to adulthood. Although US policies mandate care leavers’ involvement in their transition plan development, participation is not universal...

... certain questions: When and how will the reunification take place? How will it happen? What changes should occur at home? What are the implications for each family member? changes children perceptions foster care parenting programme qualitative research reunification GRISIJ Research...