Children's satisfaction with out-of-home care in South Australia

Delfabbro, Paul; Barber, James G.; Bentham, Yvonne

doi:10.1006/jado.2002.0497

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“…foster care, kinship care, and residential care (Chapman et al, 2004;Delfabbro et al, 2002;Wilson & Conroy, 1999), and different kinds of institutions (Sinclair & Gibbs, 1998). An important perspective is, however, how different individuals experience their stay in the same institution.…”

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Living in Residential Care: Experiences in a Treatment Home for Adolescents in Sweden

Johansson

Andersson

2006

Child Youth Care Forum

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This article reports on a qualitative study of adolescents living in residential care in Sweden. Six adolescents, three girls and three boys, who were the first to live in a newly opened treatment home, were interviewed about their experiences 2-3 years after they had left the home. Their experiences were in retrospect very different from each other. The results are discussed from the perspectives of individual differences, the special situation in an institution, relationships and gender. It is concluded that in spite of the fact that youth who live in a residential care institution live in the same environment, the individuals perceive it in their own unique ways.

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Living in Residential Care: Experiences in a Treatment Home for Adolescents in Sweden

Johansson

Andersson

2006

Child Youth Care Forum

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“…Most of these studies used interview methods of data collection. On the whole, children have indicated that they felt safer in out-of-home care, expressed the importance to them of maintaining relationships with family of origin members while building new relationships in care, and want to be properly included in decision-making (Delfabbro, Barber & Bentham, 2002;Fox & Berrick, 2007).…”

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Measuring Client Satisfaction with Child Welfare Services

Tilbury

Osmond

Crawford

2010

Journal of Public Child Welfare

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This article examines the role of client satisfaction indicators in child welfare agency performance measurement. It examines both research and performance measurement efforts to understand client perspectives on child protection and out-of-home care services. It highlights the value of obtaining data from clients about their experience of the service delivered by the agency and its impact on their lives. Conceptual, methodological and ethical issues in implementing routine, standardized data collection on client satisfaction are discussed. Measuring client satisfaction within a suite of performance indicators is an example of how practitioners and managers can use one of the tools of managerialism in the interests of clients and good practice.

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“…However, young people within residential care are a distinct population group. First, they present with disproportionately higher levels of emotional, behavioural and conduct-related problems (Delfabbro et al 2002). Second, residential care environments are traditionally characterised by a high ratio of complex young people to adults, a rotating staff team, institutionalised structure and routine, and may include elements of being emotionally charged or volatile.…”

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What Does it Mean to be an Adult? Perceptions of Young Men in Residential Care

Raymond

Heseltine

2008

Child Youth Care Forum

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It is widely accepted that young people residing in residential care transition to independence and adult responsibilities earlier than peers living within their family of origin. There has been a lack of literature examining the way young people in care construct this transition. In response, in-depth qualitative interviews, guided by grounded theory, were conducted with nine young men (M = 15.9 years) residing in an Australian residential care program. The construction of adult identity was aged dependent, and represented by the attainment of self-and other-responsibility and behavioural maturity. Rites or role transitions signifying adult identity were also explored. Program and policy implications are tabled.

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Children's satisfaction with out-of-home care in South Australia

Cited by 33 publications

References 7 publications

Living in Residential Care: Experiences in a Treatment Home for Adolescents in Sweden

Living in Residential Care: Experiences in a Treatment Home for Adolescents in Sweden

Measuring Client Satisfaction with Child Welfare Services

What Does it Mean to be an Adult? Perceptions of Young Men in Residential Care

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