The Meaning of Shared Parenthood in Long ‐Term Foster Care: The Perspectives of Parents and Foster Carers
In conclusion, the study emphasizes the importance of recognizing and discussing the normative notion of shared parenting to facilitate its successful implementation in long-term foster care placements. (Source: Child and Family Social Work)
Source: Child and Family Social Work - April 24, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: C éline Cannaert,
Lieselot De Wilde Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Factors Associated With Stability for Children in Family Foster Care: A Study of Case Files in Six Municipalities in Sweden
This article examines the risk and protective factors for stability for these children. Data, drawn from case files in six municipalities (n = 116), combine qualitative and quantitative analyses for a comprehensive understanding. Twenty children from each municipality were selected, with 10 in stable placements (lived in one family foster home for over a year) and 10 in unstable placements (lived in at least two different family fos ter homes). Quantitative results highlight the importance of factors like familiar placements, a child's age at the time of placement, behavioural challenges and the number of children in t...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - April 24, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Ann ‐Sofie Bergman,
Miia Bask,
Kristina Engwall,
Ulrika Järkestig Berggren Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Restoring Children From Out ‐of‐Home Care: Insights From an Aboriginal‐Led Community Forum
ABSTRACTRestoring children from out-of-home care (OOHC) to their families is the preferred outcome for all children removed by child protection services, yet little is known about how restoration processes are experienced by families and services supporting them. This paper provides important insights about Aboriginal child restoration from 40 practitioners and stakeholders at a community forum led by Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations in regional New South Wales (NSW), Australia. This is one component of larger Aboriginal-led research, which investigates child protection experiences and pathways to successful r...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - April 23, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: B. J. Newton,
Paul Gray,
Kyllie Cripps,
Kathleen Falster,
Ilan Katz,
Kimberly Chiswell,
Lisa Wellington,
Richard Ardler,
Fiona Frith,
Tori Jones,
Mandy Kent,
Neika Tong Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
A Service ‐Led Pragmatic Evaluation of Family Foundations Targeting the Reduction of Perinatal Parent Mental Health Difficulties and Family Conflict in Australia
ABSTRACTA service-led evaluation of home-based Family Foundations (FF), a perinatal intervention targeting interparental conflict and mental health difficulties, was conducted in Melbourne, Australia. The aims were to assess (a) pre –post intervention changes, (b) parent satisfaction and (c) intervention fidelity. Participants included 288 families who completed self-report surveys, and FF clinicians who completed fidelity checklists. Approximately 78% of families who commenced FF completed all 10 sessions. High parent satisf action and intervention fidelity were reported. For Parent 1s (primarily mothers), there were re...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - April 22, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Rebecca Giallo,
Grace McMahon,
Madison Schulz,
Alison Fogarty,
Monique Seymour,
Casey Hosking,
Helen Findley,
Carolyn Wallace,
Samantha Bladon,
Mark Feinberg Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Experiences From Treatment for Anxiety and Depression Among Youth in Foster Care: A Qualitative Study
ABSTRACTYouth in foster care are at high risk of internalizing problems. However, research is scarce regarding their experiences of mental health treatment. This knowledge is important if mental health services are to meet their needs. Through qualitative interviews, we explored the experiences of youth in foster care (N = 9, aged 16–18 years) having been treated for anxiety and depression. Systematic text condensation was used to analyse the transcribed interviews. The youth reported different paths to accessing treatment. They conveyed the need for therapists to build trust and demonstrate genuine care by advocat...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - April 12, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Yasmin Moussavi,
Bente Storm Mowatt Haugland,
Gro Janne Wergeland,
Stine Lehmann,
Silje Mæland Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Parental Satisfaction With Child Welfare Services in Norway
This study aims to examine parents' satisfaction with Norwegian child welfare services (CWS) and factors associated with parents' satisfaction. Different factors were included in the analysis, such as characteristics of the contact with CWS, and service aspects, as evaluated by parents (accessibility, information quality, workers' skills and user participation). Data were collected from 412 parents in 20 different municipalities. Over half of the participants (56%) reported that they overall received the needed help to a great or very great extent, while 60% were satisfied to a great extent or more. The majority of parents...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - April 9, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Claire Degail,
Sabine Kaiser,
Reidar Jakobsen,
Monica Martinussen Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Family Conflict and Adolescent Depression: Examining the Roles of Sense of Security and Stress Mindset
ABSTRACTAn extensive body of research has demonstrated the multifaceted detrimental impact of family conflict on the psychological well-being of adolescents. Nevertheless, there remains a significant scarcity of comprehensive studies investigating the full spectrum of family conflict —encompassing both interparental and parent–child relationships—and its effects on adolescent depression within the social context of China. The current study endeavours to bridge this gap by examining the relationship between family conflict and depression while concurrently assessing the med iating role of sense of security and the mod...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - April 6, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Shan Jiang,
Ruoyu Du,
Chaoxin Jiang,
Shilin Tan,
Ziyi Dong Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Child and Family Social Work - April 4, 2024 Category: Child Development Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
An anchor in instability or an inhibitor for development? Professional perceptions of siblinghood in family group homes in Israel
AbstractMost children who are removed from their homes by social services have siblings. Yet, siblinghood is an unnoticed and understudied field of interest. Professionals lack a framework for addressing this common issue in out-of-home placement decision-making and caregiving. The current study examined how professionals in family group homes in Israel perceive and approach sibling bonds, as well as the main barriers and benefits they identify regarding siblinghood among children in out-of-home placements. Five focus groups were held with 34 professionals, and a thematic analysis was conducted. The participants identified...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - March 27, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Osher Barnea,
Noa Cohen,
Inbal Hindi,
Moshe Dolev,
Orna Taus,
Carmit Katz Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Who Did What to Whom and How: A Scoping Review of Interventions to Promote Children's Self ‐Efficacy in Mainland China
ABSTRACTSelf-efficacy refers to an individual's judgement, belief and perception of their capability to accomplish specific tasks, which is crucial for children's mental well-being. The primary objective of this scoping review was to systematically examine intervention studies aimed at enhancing children's self-efficacy in Mainland China, intending to inform social work practices in child services. We conducted a comprehensive search of articles in Web of Science and CNKI to review empirical intervention studies published before March 2022 in either Chinese or English. The selection criteria included all empirical interven...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - March 26, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Miao Wang,
Kexin Liu,
Yue Zhou,
Xiaoyan Huang Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research
Manoeuvring Among Institutions and Pandemic Restrictions: When the Fantasy of Parenting After Divorce or Breakup and the Respective Emotions Matter
This study applies perspectives from research on emotions as one of the possible explanations and focuses on how institutions and their measures are perceived in the context of individual emotional situations. The aim of the study is to understand how parents with joint or shared custody arrangements in Czechia understood COVID-19 –related state interventions and how they dealt with those interventions in their lives. Analysing 16 interviews with these parents, who are considered a potentially vulnerable group, and their interplay with pandemic public policy, the paper suggests the importance of parenting fantasy. The te...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - March 25, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Eva M. Hejzlarov á Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Social and Emotional Functions of Institutional Touch in the Relational Care of Young Children
This study reports results concerning close embodied practices, involving touch, in early childhood care settings in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data —video recordings of everyday practices in contexts of childcare—were collected during various phases of the pandemic. The study demonstrates a broad range of uses of touch, by adults and children themselves in various age groups and for various social purposes. Touch as embodied intimacy was in itiated by educators, and by children, both within their peer group and towards educators. Touch served the purposes of embodied intimacy, emotion regulation, social ...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - March 22, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Asta Cekaite,
Madeleine Wirz én Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
How Do Child Welfare Workers Understand and Practice Child Participation?
ABSTRACTChild participation is strongly emphasized as a value and a right in the Norwegian child welfare (CW) system. Based on focus group interviews with 24 CW employees, we explore how CW workers understand and practice child participation in various work phases: assessment; supportive measures in the home; out-of-home placements. Two main forms of participation were identified: indirect participation, where the child is observed or communicates with other professionals, and direct participation, where the child speaks to a CW worker. The topics of conversations with children are divided into two categories: general topi...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - March 22, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Berit Skauge,
Anita S. Storhaug Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Children's Behavioural Issues and Kinship Caregiver Depression: The Roles of Self ‐Care and Formal Support
This study uncovered the differential roles of two intervening variables between children with behavioural issues and caregiver depression levels. Our findings affirmed the need to assist caregivers with children's behavioural issues in finding ways to e ngage in self-care. (Source: Child and Family Social Work)
Source: Child and Family Social Work - March 21, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Wenjing Shao,
Fei Sun,
Gretchen Sheneman,
Michele Brock Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Comparison of Systems and Outcomes for Safeguarding Children in Australia and Norway: A Decade of Rapid Change
ABSTRACTUsing aggregated national data, this paper re-examines the outcomes of the Australian and Norwegian protective systems during the past decade and compares it to the trends and issues identified in our earlier 2012 study. We outline the context of increased service demand affecting both countries with rapid expansion and reform of their policies and approaches. A convergence has been occurring regarding their focus upon risk and its relationship with family support. However, in Australia, there was an increasing attempt to provide greater support and reduce its rate of investigation of notifications, but there was i...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - March 21, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Bente Heggem Kojan,
Erica Russ,
Gaute Skrove,
Bob Lonne Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
