O'Brien, Valerie(Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 1996)
Relative foster care (kinship care) offers a placement option in addition to residential and foster care, for children in need of alternative care. Historically, care by members of the extended family was viewed predominantly ...
This article discusses the revelations and outcry about children in state care being placed with families who have not yet been assessed and approved and it argues that there is a danger of generating confusion about the ...
This paper examines the history that led to two separate sets of kinship and foster care regulations, the difference and similarity between the regulations, and the implications arising out of the changed framework for ...
In this paper, preliminary analysis of research by the author in the area of relative care is presented. Four main areas relevant to the family : state discourse with respect to relative foster care are examined : The ...
This chapter examines the impact of relative and kinship care on the lives of the children involved. The chapter is drawn from a mixed method study in which 92 children's files were examined and 8 children were interviewed.
The chapter traces the processes involved through the decision-making, assessment and post-assessment stages of kinship Care. It examines the ways in which case management practices, derived primarily from an application ...
The place of relative /kinship care in the Irish child welfare system is presented. The central tenets of the ‘fifth province model’, which underpins the study are briefly explained. A typology of relative /kinship care ...