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(International Foster Care Association, 2009-07-12)Contact or contact is seen as an integral part of foster care. It is generally seen as a key barometer of the state of relationships between all the parties involved. It is accepted that while there are rewards, albeit ...
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(Stationery Office, 1999-04-19)This study reviews assessment / home study practices in respect of inter country adoption in Ireland arising from concerns that the system was causing difficulties for many stakeholders. A framework for improved practices ...
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(2006-07-17)This paper addresses the challenges facing ICA assessment and decision making in Irish adoption practice? The following questions are addressed •How can a balance be struck between legislative, procedural and best practice ...
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(Ashgate, 1999)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 ...
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(University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies, 2009)This paper emphasises how post-1950s Irish developmentalism fostered the economic, social and political acceptance of large-scale immigration following EU enlargement in 2004. It argues that economic imperatives alone ...
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(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 ...
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(2010-10)This presentation presents an overview of a conceptual model for the assessment approval and license of kinship carers. While is it designed for an Irish context, it has potential for making a valid contribution to ...
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(Irish Association of Social Care Educators, 2002)This article is divided into two sections. In section one, the emergence of relative care is traced, together with the regulatory framework that has developed (Dept. of Health 1995a). A snap shot of a cohort of ninety-two ...
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(Irish Assocition of Social Worker, 2009)This paper explores the extent to which the 1993 Hague Convention assists in resolving ethical dilemmas for social workers involved in inter-country adoption practice.
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(Oak Tree Press, 2001)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.