Reunification in a complete entry cohort: A longitudinal study of children entering out-of-home care in Tasmania, Australia

Delfabbro, Paul; Fernández, Elízabeth; McCormick, Jessica; Kettler, Lisa

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.06.012

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“…This aspect is of vital importance because some family-unification processes, after having been formally constituted, cannot stabilize quickly enough, implying that new processes of separation and reentry into the child-protection system may occur (Frame, Berrick, & Brodowski, 2000). Accordingly, as noted by Delfabbro, Fernandez, McCormick, and Kettler (2013), family reunification or restoration is a well-established area of international research. Statistics related to failed reunification and reentry into the protection system vary by country (Kimberlin, Anthony, & Austin, 2009).…”

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Exploring the needs of parents for achieving reunification: The views of foster children, birth family and social workers in Spain

Balsells

Pastor

Inchaurrondo

et al. 2015

Children and Youth Services Review

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Background: Family reunification refers to the process through which children and adolescents under a measure of temporary separation (foster care or residential) return to live with their biological families. The research has begun to reflect a paradigm change in intervention and support for these families that affects the consolidation of reunification and the prevention of new processes of separation and reentry into the protection system. Objectives: This article examines the needs of parents who are susceptible to an educational intervention from a positive focus that contributes to the consolidation of family reunification. Method: Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted and 22 discussion groups were convened with 135 participants (63 protection-system professionals, 42 parents and 30 children and adolescents). The data were analyzed through content analysis and were subject to peer revision. Results: A series of parents' specific educational needs when their children return home was recognized. These needs can be the objects of family intervention based on a positive focus directed toward highlighting parents' strengths and are related to awareness of family progress, emotional management, giving and receiving help from other families and social support. The participants' comments show that feelings of self-sufficiency and positive reinforcement are fundamental for consolidation of the process. Conclusions: Social support through formal and informal networks may be a path to explore for providing more and better support after returning home. Empowering families so that they can be agents of support for other families can be a way to consolidate reunification, allowing families to be active agents in the reunification process. In addition, listening to children's voices can be a good strategy for family consolidation.

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Exploring the needs of parents for achieving reunification: The views of foster children, birth family and social workers in Spain

Balsells

Pastor

Inchaurrondo

et al. 2015

Children and Youth Services Review

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“…A study carried out in the USA in 17 states (945 municipalities) found a greater number of family reunions in the first six months of foster care, a fact that is influenced by factors such as race, families headed by women, poverty and the need for social welfare 39 . Delfabbro et al 41 also noted that about 50% of children and adolescents under foster care in Tasmania, Australia had gone home within 2 years, but that 79% of returns occurred in the first 6 months. Despite the persistent highly reduced stay in shelters, according to a study carried out in Brazil, the excessive valuation of the institution by the parents who consider it as an ideal place for their children hampers family reunion 42 .…”

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Tempo de acolhimento e características dos adolescentes acolhidos por tipo de serviços institucionais. Recife, Brasil, 2009-2013

Acioli

Barreira

Lima

et al. 2019

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Resumo O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar o tempo de acolhimento e as características dos adolescentes em serviços de acolhimento institucionais na cidade do Recife. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa. A população de estudo consistiu de todos os adolescentes acolhidos na cidade do Recife-PE, no período de 2009-2013. As informações foram obtidas a partir da consulta aos Planos de Atendimento Individualizado, sendo analisados ao todo 1.300. As variáveis foram categorizadas e descritas a partir de frequência absoluta e relativa. Para verificar a associação entre variáveis foi aplicado o teste do qui-quadrado de Pearson, com grau de significância de 0,05. Foram observados três tipos de serviços: para adolescentes, vítimas de violência e abandono; em situação de risco com e sem uso de drogas; e com necessidades especiais. Foi constatada uma predominância de adolescentes do sexo masculino, mais velhos, com menor frequência escolar, maior uso de substância psicotrópica, envolvimento com medidas socioeducativas, ameaça de morte e maior número de entradas e saídas nos serviços. Conclui-se que os diferentes perfis de serviços de acolhimento devem ser tratados e investigados de forma particular por apresentarem distintas dificuldades para criação de políticas públicas eficientes.

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“…Many children who enter state care do return home; mostly within a relatively short period of time after their initial entry to care, and without a care order remaining in place (in the UK – Holmes ; in Australia – Delfabbro et al ; in the United States – Connell et al ). However, these returns have been found to be ‘not always a stable solution, raising critical questions about stability, safety and well‐being for some children who return home from care’ (Boddy , p.3).…”

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Home on a care order: who the children are and what the care order is for

Fargas-Malet

McSherry

Pinkerton

et al. 2016

Child & Family Social Work

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Compared to children in other placements, there is much less known about the characteristics and needs of children in the UK who are returned to their birth parents with a care order still in place. That is in spite of evidence to suggest they face more difficulties than young people in other placements. Based on a 2009 census of looked after children in Northern Ireland, just under 10% (n = 193) were found to be living at home under a care order. Case file reviews were conducted for a quarter of these young people (n = 47) to generate descriptive statistics showing a very diverse population. That was followed by semi‐structured interviews with members of eight families (ten children and eight birth parent/s), providing transcripts for thematic analysis. Nearly half of the young people whose case files were reviewed had experienced at least one home placement breakdown, but nearly two thirds had a stable last home placement. Care orders appeared to serve two functions: to give legal authority to social services for the monitoring of placements, and to facilitate family access to family support services. Replacing some care orders with supervision orders might better align legal status and actual function.

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Reunification in a complete entry cohort: A longitudinal study of children entering out-of-home care in Tasmania, Australia

Cited by 32 publications

References 20 publications

Exploring the needs of parents for achieving reunification: The views of foster children, birth family and social workers in Spain

Exploring the needs of parents for achieving reunification: The views of foster children, birth family and social workers in Spain

Tempo de acolhimento e características dos adolescentes acolhidos por tipo de serviços institucionais. Recife, Brasil, 2009-2013

Home on a care order: who the children are and what the care order is for

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