Kinship Care

Kinship care is the full-time care of a child by a relative or another member of the extended family. This type of arrangement is the most common form of out of home care throughout the world and is typically arranged without formal legal proceedings. In many developing countries, it is essentially the only form of alternative family care available on a significant scale.

 

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The Guardian,

This video from The Guardian discusses how six weeks after the Calais migrant camp was demolished, unaccompanied minors were transferred around France and are still waiting to hear from the Home Office. 

Agnes Gautier, Sarah Wellard and Ryan Workman - Grandparents Plus,

This report is based on the largest ever national survey of kinship carers. It explores the experience of kinship families, and draws comparison with findings from a 2010 Survey.

Dr Meredith Kiraly, The Drawing Room - ABC,

In this podcast episode, University of Melbourne researcher Dr. Meredith Kiraly joins Patricia Karvelas in The Drawing Room along with Nic, who is the full-time carer of her 2 year old nephew.

Jennifer C. Davidson, Ian Milligan, Neil Quinn, Nigel Cantwell & Susan Elseley - European Journal of Social Work,

This paper draws on the literature and practice examples from around the world to examine the fundamental challenges experienced by States in their efforts to implement the 'suitability principle,' as described in the Guidelines for the Alternative Care for Children

Dr. Ian Milligan - European Union, CELCIS, SOS Children's Villages ,

This report is a case study on alternative care arrangements and deinstitutionalisation in Uganda. 

Dr Chrissie Gale and Mg Patricia Calero Teran - CELCIS & SOS Children's Villages,

The European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) commissioned SOS Children’s Villages International to undertake case studies of arrangements for ‘alternative child care’ in six non-European countries across three continents to help inform the EU’s future strategy for provision of support for children in countries outside Europe.  This report is a case study of one of the six countries, Ecuador.

Esperanza León, Jesús M. Jiménez‐Morago, Alicia Muñoz‐Silva - Child & Family Social Work,

Within the context of kinship care, the main objectives of this work are to study the characteristics of contact between foster children and their birth parents, and their relationship with key variables of fostering, the children and their kinship caregivers.

Lindsay Hill and Angie Hart,

This article discusses literature on Reslient Therapy in addition to the results of research on how its use can be a positive tool for kinship care.  

UK Department for Education,

This statistical release provides information about looked after children in England for the year ending 31 March 2016, including where they are placed, their legal status, the numbers starting and ceasing to be looked after, and the numbers who go missing or are away from their placement without authorisation. 

Carol Irizarry, Keith Miller & Margaret Bowden - The Journal of Family Social Work,

This research aimed to gain a better understanding of kinship care, its practice issues, and its role in the South Australian alternative care system.