Grandmothers as kinship caregivers: private arrangements compared to public child welfare oversight

Goodman, Catherine Chase; Potts, Marilyn K.; Pasztor, Eileen Mayers; Scorzo, Dolores

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.01.002

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“…Research, like the practice, is exercised by the complexity of the domain. Findings from the UK (Broad and Skinner, 2005;Talbot and Calder, 2006;Farmer and Moyers, 2008;Hunt, 2008;Hunt et al, 2008) and from the USA (Cuddeback, 2004;Goodman et al, 2004;Harden et al, 2004) encourage the inclusive practitioner and perhaps suggest kinship placement as an antidote to the challenges of stranger care. For example, promising findings include better and more stable attachments, an overall satisfaction, stronger building of contact between siblings and cultural sensitivity.…”

Section: The Domain Of Kinship Carementioning

confidence: 92%

Exploring Kinship Care through Practitioner Collaborative Enquiry

Warren-Adamson

2009

Adoption & Fostering

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Chris Warren-Adamson reports on the proceedings of a collaborative enquiry group of eight social workers from one English local authority considering kinship or family and friends care practice. Facilitated by an academic, the group met once a month for the best part of a year to enquire into the implications for practitioners of the authority's strong policy of encouraging kinship placement for looked after children. The article briefly acknowledges the context of ‘kinship care’ and the collaborative enquiry process, before concentrating on a consideration of the challenges to kinship practice. The article concludes with a discussion about two inter-related sets of findings: first, technical or structural proposals about kinship practice; and second, enduring issues for social work practice, namely the overwhelming nature of complexity, the ill-management of anxiety and the questionable appropriateness of the agency office as a site for kinship care practice.

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Section: The Domain Of Kinship Carementioning

confidence: 92%

Exploring Kinship Care through Practitioner Collaborative Enquiry

Warren-Adamson

2009

Adoption & Fostering

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“…Finally, consideration should be given to formal and informal male caregivers. Research (Goodman, Potts, Pasztor, & Scorzo, 2004) has demonstrated that although child welfare systems target services to formal caregivers, informal caregivers' needs are quite similar to formal caregivers' needs.…”

Section: Practice and Programming Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 95%

Male kinship caregivers: Do they differ from their female counterparts?

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Brinson

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Children and Youth Services Review

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“…The social and economic status of foster parents and foster children have been explored in various studies (Banthia, Moskowitz, Acree, & Folkman, 2007;Goodman, Potts, Pasztor, & Scorzo, 2004;Orme et al, 2006). In general, foster children from lower socioeconomic families and communities are overrepresented in care, and foster parents from middle-class and middle-income families are overrepresented as providers (Fitzpatrick, 1999).…”

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Cultural Worldviews of Foster Parents

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J. of Family Social Work

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A random sample of Canadian foster parents were asked about the importance of culture in fostering. In response to the question ''What values, beliefs and traditions were you raised with and feel are important?,'' a total of 74 different responses were received. These responses were grouped together by foster parents and the groupings analyzed using multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. Seven concepts emerged from the groupings, including:(1) spirituality, (2) nationality, (3) personal experience, (4) religion, (5) responsibilities, (6) respect, and (7) right and wrong. These results are compared to the literature. Similarities and differences are noted.

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Grandmothers as kinship caregivers: private arrangements compared to public child welfare oversight

Cited by 38 publications

References 20 publications

Exploring Kinship Care through Practitioner Collaborative Enquiry

Exploring Kinship Care through Practitioner Collaborative Enquiry

Male kinship caregivers: Do they differ from their female counterparts?

Cultural Worldviews of Foster Parents

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