Rosamund Thorpe
Biographic Data
| ID | 3927419 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rosamund Thorpe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rosamund |
| FAMILY NAME | Thorpe |
| SIGNATURE | THORPE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | James Cook University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7425-7867 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
In the Firing Line’
Convenient Yet Neglected
Grandparents are increasingly involved in the care and protection of grandchildren. The qualitative Australian study reported here explored how contact between grandparents and their grandchildren could be optimised after child-safety concerns. Interviews and focus groups with seventy-seven participants were undertaken in 2016. In total, fifty-one grandparents and aunties in grand parenting roles, twelve parents, six foster-carers and eight child…
Grandparents matter
Across Australia and internationally, growing numbers of grandparents are becoming primary carers for grandchildren, both within and outside of formal state care arrangements. Underlying factors include family breakdown, family circumstances where parents are unable to care for their children, or where there are child safety concerns. Some grandparents report a pattern of initially providing care for grandchildren but then experiencing reduced or…
Testing a cycle of family violence model in conflict-affected, low-income countries
Selecting Foster Carers
Foster care services are struggling in a context of decreasing community interest in providing care and increases in the demand for placements, the proportion of children with special needs requiring care and placement breakdowns. As Sinclair's recent (2005) overview emphasises, improving carer selection could reduce pressure on services by selecting those applicants best suited to the demands of the task. Research and practice from personnel psy…
Powerful partnerships in social work
In this paper we describe and promote a model of group work with parents of children in care in operation in Townsville, a regional city in northern Australia, since 1989. We begin from the premise that parents have frequently been ‘ left out of the loop ’ as key players in child protection. This is despite the fact that it is parents' ability to afford protection that is at issue. The paper proceeds to discuss what is meant by empowerment in the…
Community Work or Social Change? An Australian Perspective
Powerful partnerships in social work
In this paper we describe and promote a model of group work with parents of children in care in operation in Townsville, a regional city in northern Australia, since 1989. We begin from the premise that parents have frequently been ‘ left out of the loop ’ as key players in child protection. This is despite the fact that it is parents' ability to afford protection that is at issue. The paper proceeds to discuss what is meant by empowerment in the…
Convenient Yet Neglected
Grandparents are increasingly involved in the care and protection of grandchildren. The qualitative Australian study reported here explored how contact between grandparents and their grandchildren could be optimised after child-safety concerns. Interviews and focus groups with seventy-seven participants were undertaken in 2016. In total, fifty-one grandparents and aunties in grand parenting roles, twelve parents, six foster-carers and eight child…
Testing a cycle of family violence model in conflict-affected, low-income countries
Grandparents matter
Across Australia and internationally, growing numbers of grandparents are becoming primary carers for grandchildren, both within and outside of formal state care arrangements. Underlying factors include family breakdown, family circumstances where parents are unable to care for their children, or where there are child safety concerns. Some grandparents report a pattern of initially providing care for grandchildren but then experiencing reduced or…
In the Firing Line’
Selecting Foster Carers
Foster care services are struggling in a context of decreasing community interest in providing care and increases in the demand for placements, the proportion of children with special needs requiring care and placement breakdowns. As Sinclair's recent (2005) overview emphasises, improving carer selection could reduce pressure on services by selecting those applicants best suited to the demands of the task. Research and practice from personnel psy…
Community Work or Social Change? An Australian Perspective
Powerful partnerships in social work
In this paper we describe and promote a model of group work with parents of children in care in operation in Townsville, a regional city in northern Australia, since 1989. We begin from the premise that parents have frequently been ‘ left out of the loop ’ as key players in child protection. This is despite the fact that it is parents' ability to afford protection that is at issue. The paper proceeds to discuss what is meant by empowerment in the…
Selecting Foster Carers
Foster care services are struggling in a context of decreasing community interest in providing care and increases in the demand for placements, the proportion of children with special needs requiring care and placement breakdowns. As Sinclair's recent (2005) overview emphasises, improving carer selection could reduce pressure on services by selecting those applicants best suited to the demands of the task. Research and practice from personnel psy…
Testing a cycle of family violence model in conflict-affected, low-income countries
Grandparents matter
Across Australia and internationally, growing numbers of grandparents are becoming primary carers for grandchildren, both within and outside of formal state care arrangements. Underlying factors include family breakdown, family circumstances where parents are unable to care for their children, or where there are child safety concerns. Some grandparents report a pattern of initially providing care for grandchildren but then experiencing reduced or…
In the Firing Line’
Convenient Yet Neglected
Grandparents are increasingly involved in the care and protection of grandchildren. The qualitative Australian study reported here explored how contact between grandparents and their grandchildren could be optimised after child-safety concerns. Interviews and focus groups with seventy-seven participants were undertaken in 2016. In total, fifty-one grandparents and aunties in grand parenting roles, twelve parents, six foster-carers and eight child…
Sociology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (3 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Focus group (3 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 works)