You Say One Thing Wrong, and Your Children Are Gone’
Exploring Trauma-Informed Practices in Foster and Kinship Care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10895454 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kimberlea Cooper (0000-0002-1289-4465, Social Work, Community & Human Services, Institute of Education, Arts & Community, Federation University Australia , Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, corresponding author), Christina Sadowski (0000-0003-2040-1912, Social Work, Community & Human Services, Institute of Education, Arts & Community, Federation University Australia , Ballarat, Victoria, Australia), Rob Townsend (Institute of Health and Management , Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 3055-3072 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bcad087 |
| OpenAlex | W4321789955 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 35 |
Trauma-informed care is a growing practice approach in child and family social work. Current policy directions in out-of-home care (OOHC) in Victoria, Australia show an interest in further implementation of trauma-informed care, particularly through training for foster and kinship carers. Drawing upon findings from grounded theory research with sixteen foster and kinship carers, this article considers the application of trauma-informed practices in home-based care in the Central Highlands region of Victoria, Australia. The research reveals that whilst carers utilise principles of trauma-informed care to support children and young people, they do not always experience trauma-informed support from the wider OOHC system. This discrepancy suggests that the implementation of trauma-informed care has the potential to increase pressure on home-based carers if it is only encouraged at the interpersonal level between carers and children, without incorporating associated systems-level change. These findings propose that whilst micro-level support and training for carers are necessary and useful, it is crucial for OOHC systems to move beyond such initiatives to plan and enact macro-level reforms
Child protection · Foster care · Interpersonal communication · Kinship · Kinship care · Political science · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work
Grounded Theory and Grounded Theorizing
Child Protection Systems
A Critical Look At Trauma-Informed Care Among Agencies and Systems Serving Maltreated Youth and Their Families
Trauma-Informed Social Work Practice
Envisioning a trauma‐informed service system
Symbolic Interactionism
Eats me alive
Systematic Review of Evaluations of Trauma-Informed Organizational Interventions That Include Staff Trainings
Evaluating Services for Kinship Care Families
Blinded by neuroscience
Challenges of operationalizing trauma‐informed practice in child protection services in New Zealand
What makes foster carers think about quitting? Recommendations for improved retention of foster carers
The Effectiveness of Interventions for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
In the Firing Line’
Undertaking planned transitions for children in out-of-home care
Experiences of Disenfranchised Grief Arising from the Unplanned Termination of a Foster Placement
Risk, resilience, and complexity
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Opening the Time Capsule of ACEs
If I’m not real, I’m Not Having an Impact’
Child Protection in New Zealand
From Attachment to Recognition for Children in Care
Their Mum Messed Up and Gran Can’t Afford to’
Trauma-informed Family Contact Practice for Children in Out-of-home Care
Translating Trauma-Informed Principles into Social Work Practice
Trauma-Informed Social Work Practice
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |