Child Protection Workers’ Perceptions of Foster Carers and the Foster Care System
A Study in Queensland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11958280 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jane Thomson (Griffith University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 336-346 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0312-407X • E-ISSN: 1447-0748 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03124070701519694 |
| OpenAlex | W2083854866 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 25 |
Child protection workers are key players in the statutory system for the protection of children and young people. For this reason, their perceptions of the operation of the system are important. This study, conducted in Queensland, Australia, explored the views of child protection workers regarding foster carers and the foster care system. The present study revealed the difficulties the child protection workers encountered in engaging with foster carers. These difficulties were due to the structure of the child protection system and the conflicts experienced by workers in balancing the needs of children and young people, their primary clients and the carers of those children and young people. Several recommendations for policy and practice are made
Child care · Child protection · Foster care · Perception · Political science · Statutory law · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Work
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Promoting attachment in foster parents
Qualitative Studies of Foster Carer Experiences in Providing Out of Home Care for Children
Using leisure in foster care to generate advantage
The challenges affecting foster care in a “failed-state” context
Social images of residential care
Perceptions of Long-Term Female Foster-Carers
Risk Society
Handbook of qualitative research
Gender and Child Protection
Social Research Methods
Five tumultuous years in Australian child protection
Coming to conclusions
Change for children? The challenges and opportunities for the children’s social work workforce
Sharing the care
Solving Problems in Foster Care
Critical review of Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Commission Inquiry into abuse of children in foster care
Surviving the System as a Foster Carer
Risk, Reflexivity and Social Control in Child Protection
Child Welfare Practice in Organizational and Institutional Context
Risk society
Child Protection and Risk-Management
| Citations per year | 0.54 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |