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Welfare resources among children in care
- Authors:
- SALLNÄS Marie, WIKLUND Stefan, LAGERLÖF Hélène
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 15(4), 2012, pp.467-483.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study investigated living conditions in on-going foster and residential care for 272 children, aged 13 to 18 years, in three counties in mid-Sweden. Using concepts from welfare research and replicated national surveys of living conditions on a population of placed children, the authors assessed the extent to which these children enjoy such a standard while in care. In other words, it is possible to assess the compensatory capacity of state care for a population of children that has been recognised as deprived in terms of welfare resources in their birth families. The conclusion concerning the welfare dimensions studied is that children in care in general have less access to resources than their peers in the normal population. This holds particularly true for children in residential care, where the differences are substantial. In other words, the care context differentiates the extent to which society acts to compensate for the initial disadvantaged position from which children in care often originate. Implications for practice are discussed.
Children in care: a ChildLine information sheet
- Author:
- CHILDLINE
- Publisher:
- Childline
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In the past, most children in care lived in large residential care homes. Nowadays, more than two-thirds of the UK’s 78,500 looked after children live in foster homes (in a household with another family or carer). About one in eight live in residential care homes, which are now much smaller than they once were, usually housing less than ten children.
Heads : fostering Tails : residential
- Authors:
- LAVERICK K., GELSTHORPE L.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.3.89, 1989, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A survey of children in care in Cambridgeshire indicated that foster and residential care were mutually exclusive rather than complementary.
Long-term fostering after residential care
- Author:
- COGDELL Keith
- Publisher:
- University of East Anglia
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 43p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
Emphasizes the importance of pre-placement preparation and post-placement support in preparing children for permanent family placements.
Foster and residential care practices
- Author:
- COLTON Matthew
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 18(1), February 1988, pp.25-42.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Reports on an in-depth study of management of daily life, children's community contacts, physical amenities controls, and carer-child interaction.
Our children: residential and community care
- Editors:
- WILKINSON J. Eric, O'HARA Gerry
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau. Scottish Group
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 69p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Conference papers which evaluate, discuss and debate the place of residential care and community care for children received into care.
Lewisham : the Family Plus Project
- Author:
- TILLEY Keith
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 6(2), 1982, pp.19-21.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Family placements for children aged 11 and over, which include residential preparation.
Child placement policy : some European comparisons
- Author:
- HAZEL Nancy
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 6(3), 1976, pp.315-326.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Looks at child care provision in the high-fostering Sweden and in Belgium where the emphasis is on residential care.
Moving away from congregate care: one state's path to reform and lessons for the field
- Authors:
- ALPERT Lily T., MEEZAN William
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 34(8), August 2012, pp.1519-1532.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
In 2000, a class action lawsuit filed against the State of Tennessee highlighted that the state routinely placed children in congregate care settings contrary to their best interests. Since then, the state's Department of Children's Services (DCS) has been successful in reducing its use of congregate care. This paper presents major findings from a qualitative research study that explored how DCS accomplished this critical system change. Participants included 51 Tennessee child welfare stakeholders who were interviewed using an open ended protocol. DCS administrative data, performance monitoring data, and official policy documents were also analysed to provide context for the interviewees' comments. Analysis of interview transcripts revealed three main changes that helped set the stage for deinstitutionalisation, as well as three types of system wide reforms that were undertaken to ensure a successful reduction in congregate care use. Implications for jurisdictions embarking on similar reforms are discussed.
Breakdown of teenage placements in Danish out-of-home care
- Authors:
- OLSSON Martin, EGELUND Tine, HØST Anders
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Family Social Work, 17(1), February 2012, pp.13-22.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Prior research has indicated that many children in out-of-home care do not experience stability in their placements. This study investigated breakdown in out-of-home placements for 225 Danish teenagers in 367 placements between 2004 and 2008. It examined how often these placements are prematurely terminated against the requests and intentions of the child welfare authorities, and which factors seemed to increase and decrease placement breakdown. Among the participants, 44% experienced a breakdown, and 33% of the 367 placements ended with a breakdown. Twenty per cent of the placement breakdowns occurred before 4 months, and within the first year, 62% of the placement breakdowns had taken place. Replacements took place in 61% of all placement breakdowns. Analysis revealed that type of placement and number of youth at the same placement had significant association to placement breakdown, but variables based on the social worker's clinical assessment showed no association to breakdown. Earlier studies have indicated that breakdown is a substantial problem of child welfare in several other western countries. These breakdown rates suggest that no child welfare system has yet found a method to substantially reduce breakdown.