Preventing Disruption in Long-Term Fostercare

Aldgate, Jane; Hawley, David

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“…It seems reasonable to us that knowledge about the high risk of breakdowns implies that child welfare authorities should have a contingency plan for every teenage placement, also noted by Shaw & Hipgrave (1983) and Aldgate & Hawley (1986). Especially when young people in risk categories – e.g.…”

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“…This information should be available to social workers and other interested parties when considering various options for out‐of‐home care. The number of breakdowns must be seen as a basic measure of the quality of care, and thereby essential to evaluation of social work (Bellwood 1982; Fitzgerald 1983; Aldgate & Hawley 1986; Smith 1994).…”

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“…Consumer research has documented that placement breakdown is a painful experience for affected teenagers. Several studies have also found that breakdowns can have a demoralizing effect on foster carers and social workers (Cautley 1980; Aldgate & Hawley 1986; Berridge & Cleaver 1987; Baxter 1989; Wade et al . 1998).…”

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Breakdown of teenage placements in Swedish foster and residential care

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2004

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A B S T R AC TThis article deals with the problem of breakdown in different types of out-of-home care (foster care/residential care) for Swedish teenagers. How often are such placements prematurely terminated against the wishes and intentions of child welfare authorities? Which factors appear to increase or decrease the risk of placement breakdown? The sample consists of a national cohort of 776 youths who started 922 placements during 1991. Every placement was followed in municipal case files for a maximum period of five years.Between 30 and 37% of all placements were prematurely terminated, the exact figure depending on whether a narrow or wide definition of breakdown was applied. The lowest rates of breakdown were found in kinship care and secure units, the highest in nonkinship foster homes. Teenagers who display antisocial behaviour and/or have mental health problems constitute a high-risk category for most types of out-of-home care, but especially in non-kinship foster homes. Risk factors in relation to breakdown were analysed in the four main forms of Swedish out-of-home care separately (foster homes, privately/publicly run residential care and secure units). The analysis pointed out that risk factors are not the same in all types of care, but antisocial behaviour at time of placement increased the risk in most forms of care.Prior research indicates that placement breakdown is a major problem of child welfare in other countries, and this study found that Sweden is no exception.Breakdown of teenage placements in Swedish foster and residential care M Sallnäs, B Vinnerljung and P Kyhle Westermark Child and Family Social Work 2004, 9, pp 141-152

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Breakdown of teenage placements in Swedish foster and residential care

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2004

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“…The rate of breakdowns can be considered an indicator of the quality of the foster care programs (Aldgate & Hawley, 1986;Smith, 1994). This rate varies a great deal at the international level, because it is estimated that between 20 to 50% of placements ends this way (Berry & Barth 1990;Fratter, Rowe, Sapsford, & Thoburn, 1991;Millham, Bullock, Hosie, & Haak, 1986;Minty, 1999;Sallnäs, Vinnerljung, & Westermark, 2004;Stone & Stone, 1983).…”

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“…Nor should the discouraging effects that such failures can have on child welfare workers be neglected (Aldgate & Hawley, 1986;Berridge & Cleaver, 1987;Cautley, 1980;Wade et al, 1998). This aspect should be analyzed in detail in the case of Spain because it might, at least partially, explain the lack of a greater implementation of foster care .…”

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Factors Affecting Foster Care Breakdown in Spain

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Breakdown of foster care has been defined as the situation in which one of the involved parties terminates the intervention before having achieved the goals established for the case plan. This work presents a study carried out with a Spanish sample of 318 closed cases of children who were placed in foster homes and kinship care. The data were collected through the exhaustive review of the child protection and foster placement files, complemented with interviews of the welfare workers in charge of each case. The rate of breakdown of the entire sample was 26.1%, although it was significantly different in kinship care (19.7%) and foster care (31.2%). The results of this study indicate that the variables related to breakdown depend on the placement modality, either in foster care or kinship care. In the first case, the variables related to the child's characteristics are noteworthy, especially behavior and academic problems, with special relevance in the 9-12-year-old group, and in children who were previously in residential care. In contrast, in kinship care, the parents' problems (prison, mental health) and having some measure of guardianship are the most important. The fact of undergoing foster placement after having lived in various residential homes is transcendental. Lastly, the availability of economic resources and even the foster carers' studies seem to be related to foster breakdown.Keywords: foster care, kinship care, child care, outcome assessment, disruption, breakdown, placement stability.La ruptura del acogimiento familiar se ha definido como aquella situación en la que alguna de las partes implicadas causa una terminación de la intervención antes de haber alcanzado los objetivos establecidos en el plan de caso. Este trabajo presenta un estudio llevado a cabo en una muestra española de 318 casos cerrados de niños que fueron acogidos en familia ajena y extensa.Los datos se obtuvieron a través de la revisión exhaustiva de los expedientes de protección y acogimiento, complementada con entrevistas a los técnicos encargados de cada caso. La tasa de ruptura del conjunto de la muestra fue de 26,1%, si bien fue significativamente diferente en familia extensa (19,7%) que en familia ajena (31,2%). Los resultados de este estudio indican que las variables relacionadas con la ruptura dependen de la modalidad del acogimiento, en familia ajena o extensa. En el primer caso destacamos las variables relacionadas con las características del niño, especialmente los problemas de conducta y escolares, con especial relevancia en el grupo de 9-12 años, y el haber estado en acogimiento residencial previamente. En cambio, en extensa resulta más importante la problemática en los padres (prisión, salud mental) y el tener una medida de tutela. También el hecho de que se realice el acogimiento tras pasar por hogares de acogida resulta trascendental. Finalmente, la disponibilidad de recursos económicos e incluso los estudios de los acogedores parecen ser variables relacionadas con la ruptura de la acogida.Palabras clave: acogimient...

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Preventing Disruption in Long-Term Fostercare

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