Journal articles: 'Social care work with children Victoria'

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Markiewicz, Anne. "The child welfare system in Victoria: Changing context and perspectives 1945-1995." Children Australia 21, no. 3 (1996): 32–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1035077200007185.

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This paper traces the history of child welfare in Victoria, from the formation of the Children's Welfare Department to the present time. It draws principally upon the Annual Reports of the responsible state government department, to illustrate trends in out-of-home placement for children and young people admitted to care. It describes substantial shifts in direction to the institutions in the 1960s, deinstitutionalisation of the 1980s, and the re-emergence of home-based care as a favoured, economical option.The paper traces the ebbs and flows in numbers, periods of overcrowding and the current reduced number of children and young people in care. It notes events impacting on evolving child welfare history in Victoria, the child migration program, building projects, the establishment of family group homes, regionalisation, external review, the Children and Young Persons Act (1989), and mandatory reporting legislation. Themes emerging include: early child welfare as a period of rescue and reform; the monitoring of standards and re-entry of the department to residential care; the building of institutions and rising numbers in care; redevelopment and the emergence of a community focus; the expansion of child protection; and the phasing out of old models and the search for cost efficient alternatives.A challenge for the 1990s is the need for deliberate and planned monitoring and evaluation as institutional and residential care give way to home-based care, and numbers of admissions decrease. The paper aims to provide useful, historical material for readers with an interest in child welfare work which would benefit from a descriptive review of the past.

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Rodd, Jillian. "A Week in the Life of a Four-Year-Old: A Study of Victorian Children's Patterns of Usage of Early Childhood Services." Australasian Journal of Early Childhood 21, no. 1 (March 1996): 37–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/183693919602100109.

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The study used a form of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Preprimary Project which was adapted for the Australian context to investigate the patterns of usage and factors behind parental choices of early childhood services for four-year-old children in the year prior to formal education. Data were obtained from interviews with 175 parents, usually the mother, regarding where, with whom and how their children spent their day and week. The findings revealed that many children in Victoria spent time in a number of services each day. A substantial number also participated in extra-curricular activities and recreational activities. Data collected concerning parental selection of particular services revealed the complex early care and education arrangements that parents were required to make to meet the educational and social needs of their children as well as the work related needs which influenced parental choice.

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O'Brien, Wendy. "Family Support Work–The Alys Key Family Case Model–." Children Australia 13, no. 2 (1988): 22–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0312897000001909.

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Alys Key Family Care is a Family Support agency that aims to facilitate change within families experiencing severe problems in rearing their children, so that parents are empowered to take control and responsibility for rearing their children adequately. The Centre was established by the Children's Protection Society (after the Society ceased to run the Victorian welfare-based Protective Service) as a 3-year Demonstration Project with a built-in research component. The research has not only enabled testing of the overall effectiveness of the service in meeting its stated goals, but has created a climate of questioning of practice within the area of Family Support.

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Paton, Kate, Lynn Gillam, Hayley Warren, Melissa Mulraney, David Coghill, Daryl Efron, Michael Sawyer, and Harriet Hiscock. "How can the education sector support children’s mental health? Views of Australian healthcare clinicians." PLOS ONE 17, no. 1 (January 24, 2022): e0261827. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261827.

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Objectives Policy makers in developed countries have long considered the education system an avenue for supporting mental health care for children. Whilst educators have identified many challenges to providing this support (e.g. non-core role, stigma, overcrowded curriculum), understanding clinicians’ views on the role of educators and schools and how clinicians and schools could work together to achieve good mental health outcomes are important questions. However, clinician voices in how schools and health should work together for children’s mental health care are frequently missing from the debate. We aimed to report clinicians’ views about how the education system could support student’s mental health and improve access to mental health care for children and adolescents. Methods 143 clinicians (approximately 35 each of child and adolescent psychiatrists, pediatricians, child psychologists and general practitioners (GPs)) from the states of Victoria and South Australia participated in semi-structured phone interviews between March 2018 and February 2019. Inductive content analysis was applied to address the broad study aims. Findings Key themes emerged: (1) The role of schools in supporting individual children; (2) School based programs to support children and families; and (3) Challenges of implementing these suggestions. Clinicians across all professional groups suggested the education system could play an important role in improving access to mental health services through harnessing existing staff or co-locating mental health clinicians. They also suggested schools could identify at risk children and implement coping and social skills programs. Conclusions Schools and educators could play a key role in prevention and early intervention of children’s mental health problems. However, before recommending exactly how to do this, key evidence gaps need to be addressed.

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Nieuwenhuys, Olga. "By the Sweat of Their Brow? ‘Street Children’, NGOs and Children's Rights in Addis Ababa." Africa 71, no. 4 (November 2001): 539–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.4.539.

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AbstractIn the past two decades NGOs helping ‘street children’ in Addis Ababa have distinguished themselves by their adherence to highly controversial assumptions about the nature of childhood and the failure of the poor to raise their children in ways that they conceive as ‘proper’. The ratification of the UN Declaration on the Rights of the Child by the Ethiopian government has inspired them to stop food relief in order to persuade the children in their care to seek a way out of their miserable ways of life through work on the street. In a remarkable replication of late Victorian philanthropic thinking, NGOs dispel hereby local middle-class fears that relief agencies may foster truancy and idleness and reassuringly define the code—work—that confers legitimacy on children's presence on the streets. Anticipating their escape from undeniably harsh and unjust family relations, the children of the poor are enticed into accepting this solution as the price of a ‘decent’ and morally acceptable childhood. They remain nevertheless highly critical of the rights-based approach, claiming that in the name of their rights they are denied what used to be children's normal entitlement such as protected food prices, free basic health and education. The article is based on the findings of an action research project by social workers among the children assisted by eight Addis Ababa-based NGOs in the period 1996-98.

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Oppenheim, Janet. "A Mother's Role, a Daughter's Duty: Lady Blanche Balfour, Eleanor Sidgwick, and Feminist Perspectives." Journal of British Studies 34, no. 2 (April 1995): 196–232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/386074.

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Addressing the Women's Institute in London on November 23, 1897, Eleanor Sidgwick, principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, observed thatThere will always be gaps in domestic life which can best be filled by the unmarried girls and women of the family; help wanted in the care of old people and children and invalids, or in making the work of other members of the family go smoothly, to which a woman may well devote herself at some sacrifice of her own future—a sacrifice she will not regret. This kind of work can best be done by women, not only because they are generally better adapted to it, but because the sacrifice is not so clear nor so great in their case as it would generally be in that of a man. Only let the cost be counted and compared with the gain, and do not let us ask women to give up their chance of filling a more useful place in the world for the sake of employing them in trivial social duties from which they might be spared with little loss to anyone.With these remarks, Mrs. Sidgwick joined the extended debate over the rights and duties of spinster daughters that the Victorian women's movement pursued for decades. For many participants, it was the preeminent issue that women had to confront if they were significantly to improve the condition of their lives.

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Steer, Michael. "Beyond Normalization: Social Role Valorisation." Children Australia 12, no. 2 (1987): 6–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0312897000015861.

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AbstractIn 1972, Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger, a renowned American social scientist produced his classic work The principle of normalisation in human services. The principle has become a cornerstone of Government funded services to intellectually disabled children in Victoria. This article presents developments in Wolfensberger's most recent thoughts on normalisation.

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Lazar, Bonnie A. "Why social work should care: Television violence and children." Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal 11, no. 1 (February 1994): 3–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01876100.

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Balen, Rachel, and Helen Masson. "The Victoria Climbié case: social work education for practice in children and families' work before and since." Child & Family Social Work 13, no. 2 (May 2008): 121–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2007.00525.x.

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Hernandez, Sandra. "Social Work Perspective." Pediatrics 83, no. 5 (May 1, 1989): 903–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.83.5.903.

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The ultimate objective of newborn screening for sickle cell disease should be twofold. The first essential step is the identification of the infants at risk. This has been effectively done in New York state as of 1975 through the New York State Newborn Screening Program. However, identifying these children is not enough. Second is the much more complicated task of providing comprehensive follow-up care for families whose children are affected by the disease, including the much needed psychosocial services. This area continues to be sorely neglected. The increased risk of death due to overwhelming infection in the first 3 years of life for children with sickle cell disease has been noted in the literature. When there is no specialized care, 15% to 20% do not survive. Therefore, it is essential for knowledgeable staff to make contact and begin to develop a trusting relationship as soon as possible with parents of infants born with sickle cell disease. Prophylactic penicillin and pneumococcal vaccination can reduce mortality during the early years. Family involvement with a consistent, available team of health care providers is pivotal in understanding this chronic illness and coping effectively with this extraordinary stress. Our staff is available by telephone for consultations with patients or other medical staff during clinic and emergency room visits and hospitalizations. One element that is clear in our experience at the St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Sickle Cell Center in New York City is that adjustment to this chronic illness is a lifelong process. One or two counseling sessions at the time of diagnosis are not sufficient to enable families to fully understand the information given or to realize the impact of having a child with a chronic illness.

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Quartly, Marian. "‘[W]e Find Families for Children, Not Children for Families’: An Incident in the Long and Unhappy History of Relations between Social Workers and Adoptive Parents." Social Policy and Society 11, no. 3 (March 30, 2012): 415–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746412000097.

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Relatively little work on adoption focuses on the role of social workers. This article gives an account of the conflict between social workers and prospective adoptive parents which developed in Australia in the 1970s, taking as a case study the conflicting roles of adoptive parent advocates and professional social workers within the Standing Committee on Adoption in the Australian state of Victoria. Its overarching concern lies with the historical attitudes of the social work profession towards adoption, both domestic and intercountry, as these have changed from an embrace of both adoption and adoptive parents to mutual alienation. It concludes that the inclusive practice of radical social work could only briefly contain contesting client groups.

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Kavitha, P., K. Sekar, and K. K. Subair. "Child Friendly Juvenile Police through Social Work Approach." Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities 8, no. 2 (October 1, 2020): 70–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v8i2.3370.

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The police are the first agency of contact for children in conflict with the law and children in need of care and protection. These children undergo varied problems that are bio-psychosocial, which is beyond their coping, which will lead to children resorting to unacceptable behaviors such as involving in unlawful activities. Department of Women and Child Development, Kerala, with support from NIMHANS, initiated a novel program to provide psychosocial care and support for children in conflict with the law. As part of the program, Special Juvenile Police Officials were trained in psychosocial care for children in need of care and protection and children in conflict with the law. Incorporating social work techniques in training police and skills in practice, especially among the special juvenile police units, will sensitize police on psychosocial problems and care for children that will support better execution of law in favor of children.

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Forbes, Catherine, Brett Inder, and Sunitha Raman. "Measuring the cost of leaving care in Victoria." Children Australia 31, no. 3 (2006): 26–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1035077200011202.

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On any given night in Victoria, around 4,000 children and young people live under the care and protection of the State. For many young people, this care extends over a long period of time, sometimes until their 18th birthday. It is well documented that young people leaving State care often lack the social and economic resources to assist them in making the transition into independent living. As a consequence, the long-term life outcomes from this group are frequently very poor. A recent report from the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare in partnership with Monash University estimated that, for a typical cohort of 450 young people who leave care in Victoria each year, the direct cost to the State resulting from these poor outcomes is $332.5 million. The estimated average outcomes of the leaving care population are based on a recent survey involving sixty young people who had spent at least two years in care as teenagers. This paper provides an overview of the economic methodology used to estimate this cost, and provides discussion of the motivation for measuring outcomes in terms of costs to the State.

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Breman, Rachel, Ann MacRae, and Dave Vicary. "‘The Hidden Victims’–Family Violence in Kinship Care in Victoria." Children Australia 43, no. 3 (May 16, 2018): 186–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cha.2018.15.

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Family violence is endemic. It has a dramatic and negative impact upon the victims and the family systems in which it occurs. While there is a growing evidence base to support our understanding, prevention and treatment of family violence, little is known about some of its “hidden victims” (e.g., kinship carers). In 2017, Baptcare commenced research with 101 kinship carers in Victoria to gain a better understanding of how family violence, perpetrated by the child's close family member once the placement started, was impacting on children and families. In this context, family violence means any act of physical violence, emotional/psychological violence, verbal abuse and property damage. The study utilised a mixed design methodology that specifically targeted kinship carers who had direct experience of family violence. Findings from this study demonstrated that (1) many kinship carers, and the children in their care, experienced family violence early in the placement, (2) that the violence occurred frequently and (3) the incidents of violence did not occur in isolation. Carers sought support from multiple sources to deal with the family violence, however, the study illustrated that the usefulness of these supports varied. Additionally, findings highlighted reasons why many kinship carers felt reluctant to file a report to end the violence. The study described in this paper is the first step in understanding and exposing this multifaceted issue and delineates some of the major issues confronting Victorian kinship carers experiencing family violence – and the support required to ensure the safety of them and the children they care for. This paper will describe the approach that Baptcare is taking to address family violence in kinship care in western metropolitan Melbourne. This is the second paper in a three-part series relating to family violence in kinship care.

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Ballantyne, Neil. "Child Care Social Work and the Internet." Adoption & Fostering 20, no. 2 (July 1996): 50–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030857599602000210.

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The Internet is here to stay. From its origins as an experimental US military project in the 1960s, this highly decentralised system of communication is today used by some 40 million people worldwide. Among them are a growing number of social care organisations, Neil Ballantyne explores its actual and potential uses in relation to child care issues, with specific reference to adoption and fostering. Currently leading the field in Britain is the National Institute for Social Work, which operates two electronic mailing lists as well as offering access to papers and other social work related sites. Attention is also focused on the many more sites in the USA. These incorporate — among other items — journals, advice for prospective adopters, legal services, campaigning information on attempts to change adoption law, and photolists of children waiting for adoption. Here the unregulated nature of the Internet is underlined, as is the commercial nature of adoption in North America which clearly raises concerns about the trade in children both in that country and across the globe. Ballantyne ends by summing up both the advantages and some of the drawbacks for social workers of this particular development in new technology. He cautions that while celebrating the enormous potential of the Internet we should never allow electronic communication to replace human judgement.

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Maier, Henry W. "A Development Perspective for Children and Youth Care Work." Child & Youth Services 13, no. 1 (May 1990): 7–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j024v13n01_03.

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Sheppard, Michael. "Maternal Depression and Child Care: The Significance for Social Work and Social Work Research." Adoption & Fostering 17, no. 2 (July 1993): 10–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030857599301700203.

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Could an effective response to maternal depression help prevent unnecessary admissions to accommodation or care? Michael Sheppard presents evidence that maternal depression is both likely to be widespread in families already receiving social work help, and to have a significant impact on the capacity of mothers to adequately care for their children.

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Aldgate, Jane, Anthony Heath, Matthew Colton, and Michael Simm. "Social Work and the Education of Children in Foster Care." Adoption & Fostering 17, no. 3 (October 1993): 25–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030857599301700307.

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To what extent should social workers advocate the educational needs of children and young people in foster care? Jane Aldgate, Anthony Heath, Matthew Colton and Michael Simm present the findings of a recent study.

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Bridge, Gillian. "Community care for children with cerebral palsy: Social work perspectives." Practice 11, no. 4 (October 1999): 15–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09503159908415167.

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Griffiths, Daniel, Luke Sheehan, Dennis Petrie, Caryn van Vreden, Peter Whiteford, and Alex Collie. "The health impacts of a 4-month long community-wide COVID-19 lockdown: Findings from a prospective longitudinal study in the state of Victoria, Australia." PLOS ONE 17, no. 4 (April 7, 2022): e0266650. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266650.

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Objectives To determine health impacts during, and following, an extended community lockdown and COVID-19 outbreak in the Australian state of Victoria, compared with the rest of Australia. Methods A national cohort of 898 working-age Australians enrolled in a longitudinal cohort study, completing surveys before, during, and after a 112-day community lockdown in Victoria (8 July– 27 October 2020). Outcomes included psychological distress, mental and physical health, work, social interactions and finances. Regression models examined health changes during and following lockdown. Results The Victorian lockdown led to increased psychological distress. Health impacts coincided with greater social isolation and work loss. Following the extended lockdown, mental health, work and social interactions recovered to an extent whereby no significant long-lasting effects were identified in Victoria compared to the rest of Australia. Conclusion The Victorian community lockdown had adverse health consequences, which reversed upon release from lockdown. Governments should weigh all potential health impacts of lockdown. Services and programs to reduce the negative impacts of lockdown may include increases in mental health care, encouraging safe social interactions and supports to maintain employment relationships.

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Kemp, Robyn. "Treasuring the Social in Social Pedagogy." Children Australia 40, no. 4 (December 2015): 348–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cha.2015.49.

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Robyn is a UK-qualified social worker who has a deeply held passion for, and some 30 years of experience working with disenfranchised and/or vulnerable people and children and young people in care. She has a strong interest in social pedagogy and residential childcare both operationally and strategically. Since 1995, she has been in a variety of management positions and has developed and delivered training, conferences, workshops and consultancy on children's social work and social care for the statutory, voluntary and independent sectors. Her work has aimed at improving both the experiences and outcomes for children and young people in or on the edge of care and raising the profile of those affected by, and working within, the social work and social care sectors.

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Smith, Elizabeth. "Shared work with children in care and their families." Journal of Social Work Practice 2, no. 4 (May 1987): 13–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02650538708414980.

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Orel, Vasily I., Andrey V. Kim, Vasiliy M. Sereda, Sergey I. Bezhenar, Zinaida A. Roslova, Aleksandr L. Rubezhov, Tatyana I. Buldakova, et al. "The organization of medical-social work among children." Pediatrician (St. Petersburg) 9, no. 1 (March 15, 2018): 54–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.17816/ped9154-60.

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At the heart of modern conceptual approaches to the development of children’s health, especially the primary care, along with the other is the principle of the evaluation and analysis of environmental factors influencing the health of the child population, and as a consequence, organizational search technologies, having a maximum socialization and effectively integrated into such an environment. It is a complex medical-social approach to monitoring the lives and health of every child allows to achieve the most positive results. In everyday practice a direct part of the pediatric service in addressing social issues arise most often in cases of a clear threat to the life or health of the child. Early diagnosis of adverse society, medical support, social adaptation of the child or are not conducted or are conducted in a very limited extent. However, according to the number of researchers in recent years, the proportion of children, which they can and should be attributed to the categories of social risk, increases and amounts according to various sources 10-25% [5, 8]. First of all, the children in difficult life situations, children from large and dysfunctional families, children with disabilities, children in care, young mothers, children and adolescents are prone to a variety of offences, vagrancy. In modern conditions improvement of the system of medical support of the child population should be provided not only on ways to improve the efficiency and quality of diagnostic and therapeutic aid, but also intensive development of health and social care. So in the decree of the President of the Russian Federation from June 1, 2012 No 761 “On the National strategy of actions in interests of children for 2012-2017” include the need for the development and implementation of modern and efficient technologies of medical and social support children and adolescents.

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Evans, Stuart W. B., and Leonard J. Tierney. "Making foster care possible: A study of 307 foster families in Victoria." Children Australia 20, no. 2 (1995): 4–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1035077200004430.

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Why in times of economic hardship do some families continue to offer to help others in the form of foster care? Can an understanding of foster families improve the targeting of foster programs? This paper presents findings from a study of more than 300 foster families from seven foster care agencies throughout urban and rural victoria. The families who currently choose or are chosen to foster are most likely to be dual parent, stable and settled Australians with an active connection and commitment to their local community and to family life and children. They do not appear to be motivated principally by rational monetary incentives but rather by a mixture of a belief in the benefits of family experiences, a strong desire to have and nurture children, a willingness to share tasks as a family unit, to both give and receive support and a conviction to be of service to others. It is concluded that foster families are not only child and family centred, they are part of active and reciprocal family and community networks that focus upon the needs of children and non-material family values.

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Corrigan, Mary. "Book Review: Direct Work: Social work with Children and Young People in Care." Adoption & Fostering 32, no. 2 (July 2008): 90–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030857590803200215.

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Thomson, Jane, and Ros Thorpe. "Powerful partnerships in social work: group work with parents of children in care." Australian Social Work 57, no. 1 (March 2004): 46–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0312-407x.2003.00113.x.

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Najafova, Natavan Kheyrulla. "Social protection of children deprived of parental care." KANT Social Sciences & Humanities 9, no. 1 (January 2022): 88–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.24923/2305-8757.2022-9.8.

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The main directions of social protection of children deprived of parental care in Azerbaijan are considered. For this purpose, the legal and socio-economic basis for the formation of a system of social protection for children of this category was analyzed. It was determined that the meaning of social protection and assistance provided to certain groups of the population, including children who have lost parental care, is to use factors that influence the process of self-realization and the activity of a person who is in a certain stressful situation or constrained circumstances. The conclusions of this article can be applied in the practice of state guardianship of children of this category, as well as in the training and retraining of personnel in the system of their social protection. The novelty of the work done lies in the analysis of the current state of the country's social protection system related to the liberation of the lands occupied by the Armenian side, which will also affect the work with children deprived of parental care.

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Cockburn, Tom, and Dympna Devine. "Recognising Children’s Citizenship in the Social Care System." British Journal of Social Work 50, no. 7 (November 11, 2019): 2135–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcz135.

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Abstract Social work understanding of children’s citizenship has received little analysis and traditional models tend to view children as passive recipients of care or welfare, rather than as active meaning makers. This is particularly so for looked after children. In contrast, we draw upon the work of Pierre Bourdieu to develop a model of understanding children’s citizenship that on the one hand accounts for the structural flow of governance from modern welfare states that shape children’s lives, while recognising the agency and capacity for action among children. This article applies the model to those in the care system. To capture the everyday agency of children, we build upon Bourdieu’s notion of habitus with ideas of lived citizenship, as defined by Delanty and Lister, and recognition theory classically outlined by Honneth. Furthermore, we contribute to the existing work on habitus to develop a model adapted from the pragmatism associated with the work of Boltanski. In so doing, analysing the critical and justificatory account making of children themselves, social workers are able to engage positively with all children by drawing on a variety of their social worlds.

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Yazıcı, Berna. "Social Work and Social Exclusion in Turkey: An Overview." New Perspectives on Turkey 38 (2008): 107–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0896634600004945.

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AbstractThis paper discusses state-sponsored social work and its relation to social exclusion in contemporary Turkey. Linking state-sponsored social work to the dynamics of social exclusion, this discussion points to two contrasting sets of practices within the Turkish social work system. First, I focus on the contemporary reform of the child protection system: I examine the current restructuring of institutional care for children, showing its link with the neoliberal agenda of reducing state social spending and shifting social care from state to familial resources. The current emphasis on and the specific implementation of the policy of transforming institutional care perpetuate the processes of exclusion as experienced by the women and children who are the major clients of the social work system. Yet, examples of the ways in which social work can address social exclusion do exist in the system, and I try to offer a glimpse into these limited benefits which at least some clients receive through the system. I conclude by suggesting that, in order to better address the negative results of social exclusion, both the redistributive and interpretive underpinnings of the Turkish state social work system should be subject to critical scrutiny.

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Corrigan, Mary, and Cynthia Floud. "A Framework for Direct Work with Children in Care." Adoption & Fostering 14, no. 3 (October 1990): 28–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030857599001400309.

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Puffett, Neil. "Children and Social Work Bill: main measures, key questions." Children and Young People Now 2016, no. 12 (June 7, 2016): 8–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/cypn.2016.12.8.

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Sector leaders explain how proposals in the Children and Social Work Bill could affect care leavers, safeguarding and adoption services, as well as the impact they will have for social workers and councils

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Muhammad Arshad, Aliya Khalid, and Syeda Mahnaz Hassan. "Scope of Social Work Practice in Childcare Social Welfare Institutions: Policies, Practices and Problems." Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies 6, no. 2 (June 30, 2020): 949–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.26710/jbsee.v6i2.1328.

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Children deprived of their primary care are among the most vulnerable segments of the society exposed to violence, exploitation, trafficking, discrimination and all other types of abuse. United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children (1989) acknowledges the rights of such children and hold member states responsible for provision of alternative care considering the best interest of the children in accordance with their national laws. United Nations’ guideline on alternative care were also adopted by UN General Assembly for effective implementation of international instruments regarding the shelter, protection, development, and rehabilitation of children deprived from their primary care. Pakistan, being a member state and signatory to these UN treaties, is bound to reflect the provisions of these international instruments in the domestic policies and execute the same in true letter and spirit. Evidences prove that if not professionally managed, children living and growing up in institutions face difficulties in learning and developing social skills. In Punjab province, different institutions in public & private sectors are providing residential services to children deprived of their primary care. However, the performance of these institutions has been questioned repeatedly due to the constantly reported child abuse cases. Present study aims to explore factors responsible for the current state of affairs by getting views of both practitioners and the beneficiaries. Following a qualitative perspective of research, in-depth interviews were conducted using a semi-structured interview guide with management and resident children of childcare institutions. The findings of the study identified multiple policy and administrative issues affecting the working of these institutions and helped in understanding the existing situation of these institutions in Punjab Province. This study will be helpful in determining the needs and issues faced by the case managers as well as the children to serve their best interest.

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Protheroe, S., G. G. Debelle, C. Holden, and J. Powell. "Health and social care: will they work together for children now?" Archives of Disease in Childhood 98, no. 7 (April 20, 2013): 481–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2013-303859.

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Baidawi, Susan, and Rosemary Sheehan. "Maltreatment and Delinquency: Examining the Contexts of Offending Amongst Child Protection-Involved Children." British Journal of Social Work 50, no. 7 (October 14, 2019): 2191–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcz113.

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Abstract Child protection-involved children experience disproportionately high criminal justice system contact, yet little is known about the circumstances in which such children offend. This study sought to identify the contexts in which this group of children offend and factors associated with children being charged in each context. A mixed-methods analysis of Children’s Court case files was conducted utilising a cross-sectional sample of 300 children who came before three Children’s Criminal Courts in Victoria, Australia, and who also had statutory Child Protection involvement. Three key contexts of offending were identified: adolescent family violence (AFV), residential care-based offending and group-based offending. A total of 33 per cent of children had engaged in AFV (23 per cent had AFV-related charges), 36 per cent of children ever placed in residential care acquired charges relating to their behaviour in these settings, while 44 per cent of children had engaged in group-based offending. More than one-third of children (38 per cent) also had criminal charges stemming from justice system interactions (e.g. resisting arrest). Children’s cumulative neurodevelopmental, mental health and substance abuse challenges correlated with offending in each context. Strategies to reduce youth justice contact amongst child protection-involved children should consider systems responses to AFV and behavioural challenges in residential care.

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Champion, Ruth, and Sarah Wise. "Developing outcomes-based data from Looking After Children case records completed for children in care in Victoria, Australia." Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies 4, no. 2 (June 22, 2009): 107–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17450120902887384.

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Tomarov, A. V. "Regulatory and legal bases of social work with children without parental care." Social'naja politika i social'noe partnerstvo (Social Policy and Social Partnership), no. 10 (September 16, 2022): 701–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.33920/pol-01-2210-10.

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The main reasons for the increase in the number of children without parental care are the decline in the social prestige of the family, its financial and housing difficulties, interethnic conflicts, an increase in the illegitimate birth rate, a high percentage of parents leading an antisocial lifestyle. In this regard, the protection of the rights and interests of orphans and children without parental care is becoming extremely important in the Russian Federation. The Family Code defines that the activities of legal entities and individuals other than guardianship and custody authorities to identify and place children without parental care are not allowed. This prohibition also applies to intermediary activities for the transfer of children for adoption, under custody (guardianship) or for upbringing in a family. In order to provide appropriate assistance, it is crucial to identify children without parental care in a timely manner. In accordance with Article 125 of the Family Code, the resolution of these issues is the responsibility of the guardianship and custody authorities at the children’s actual place of residence. In order to improve the situation of orphans and children without parental care, the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation «On Priority Measures to Improve the Situation of Children Without Parental Care» dated May 14, 2015 No. 374 was adopted. This document defines a 2‑fold increase in monetary benefits provided for children at the time of learning to purchase the necessary literature and accessories. The norms of financial support for orphans and children without parental care have been identified and extended to children transferred to foster families and family-type orphanages. The solution of these tasks is carried out within the framework of the implementation of the subprograms «Healthy Generation», «Gifted Children» and «Children and Family». It is important to note that the Federal Law provides for the development of targeted programs by the executive authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation for the protection of the rights of orphans and children without parental care. The development of family policy, which, first of all, is aimed at strengthening the family as a social institution and preserving family values, is an urgent direction of state work. Educational institutions and teachers, in particular, are working hard with parents and children in order to return children to their families.

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Abdurakhmonova, M., N. O. Rakhmatshoyeva, and I. N. Rakhmatshoyev. "Professional ethical issues in social work with children left without parental care." Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research 11, no. 5 (2022): 320–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/2278-4853.2022.00128.8.

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Sellick, Clive. "Can child and family social work research really assist practice?" Children Australia 24, no. 4 (1999): 93–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1035077200009445.

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British social workers at the sharp end of foster care and social work practice have experienced a flood of official reports in recent years (Association of Directors of Social Services, 1997; Utting, 1997; Warren, 1997), mostly, though not exclusively, highlighting the problems of too few placements for an increasingly challenging number of children and young people. In addition, British and North American foster care research over the past twenty years has shown how children in public, including foster, care have been:

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Plisko, Yevhen, and Oleksandr Kuznetsov. "Modern Direction of the State System of Social Security and Social Work With Orphans." Bulletin of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University 2, no. 1 (349) (2022): 150–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.12958/2227-2844-2022-1(349)-2-150-159.

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The aim of the article is to analyze the features and specifics of the modern system of social security for orphans in Ukraine. The main legislative documents containing the main provisions on the protection of the rights of orphans and children deprived of parental care have been analyzed. State penitentiary institutions (orphanages, family-type orphanages, general and specialized boarding schools) and guardianship bodies (education and science bodies, departments (departments) for youth and sports, CSSSDM) have been established, which are responsible for caring for children, orphans and children deprived of parental rights. Priority forms of placement of this category of children have been formulated (transfer to a foster family (temporarily), establishment of guardianship, transfer to a foster family, transfer to a family-type orphanage, adoption). The further direction of development of the social security system for orphans and children deprived of parental care is determined and characterized by the implementation of the National Strategy for Reforming the Institutional Care and Upbringing of Children during 2017 – 2026. Сonditions for the development of various forms of maintenance of orphans, which are closest to family, and is represented by three stages: I stage of implementation of the strategy (2017 –2018) – evaluation of institutions and services in each region and writing regional plans; Phase II (2019 – 2024) – development of social, medical and educational services in communities with the gradual transformation of institutions in accordance with the regional plan; Stage III (2025 – 2026) – a comprehensive analysis of the situation and the definition of strategic directions.

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ANTONYAN, MIRA. "SOCIAL HERITAGE OF ORPHAN CARE." Main Issues Of Pedagogy And Psychology 13, no. 1 (April 12, 2017): 56–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.24234/miopap.v13i1.226.

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Social expertise of the Armenian Nation of the orphan care mostly depends on the emotional perception of genocide orphans struggles and the adequate behaviour towards them. The analysis of social expertise in orphan care includes three main phases: before genocide, after genocide, and during the Soviet era. Examining the rich heritage of social expertise during those phases, the article addresses its effects on modern, post-Soviet perceptions of orphan care in the context of social work. The article justifies the need to modernize state and charity approaches to current perceptions of the problems of social orphanhood, and children deprived of parental care.

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Campbell, Lynda. "The Families First Pilot Program in Victoria: Cuckoo or contribution?" Children Australia 19, no. 2 (1994): 4–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1035077200003898.

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The Families First Pilot Program in the then Outer East metropolitan region of Melbourne began in mid-1991 as an intensive family preservation and reunification service for children on the verge of state care. The service offered was brief (4-6 week), intensive (up to 20 hours per week), home-based and flexible (24 hour a day, 7 day a week availability) and all members of the household or family were the focus of service even though the goals were clearly grounded in the protection of the child. This paper begins with some of the apprehension expressed both in the field and in Children Australia in 1993, and reports upon the now completed evaluation of the pilot, which covered the first 18 months of operation. The evaluation examined implementation and program development issues and considered the client population of the service against comparative data about those children at risk who were not included. The paper concludes that there is room for Families First in the Victorian system of protective and family services and points to several developmental issues.

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Humphreys, Cathy, and Margaret Kertesz. "‘Putting the Heart Back into the Record’: Personal Records to Support Young People in Care." Adoption & Fostering 36, no. 1 (April 2012): 27–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030857591203600105.

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The records of children and young people growing up in care have multiple purposes and audiences. Cathy Humphreys and Margaret Kertesz discuss the ways in which the characteristics of the documentation determine the record's usefulness to care leavers as a resource for identity at some point in later life. The Who Am I? action research project, based in Victoria, Australia, explores the extent to which records and current record-keeping practices facilitate this. Two approaches were found to be especially useful: the Knowledge Diamond framework, which harnesses the different knowledge brought by diverse groups to the task of developing principles for record-keeping; and the records continuum (constructing, storing and accessing the record), which provided a concept through which to understand the significance of the archive as a dimension of good practice. It was found that workers' accountability to the children now and in the future risks being overshadowed by the requirements of other stakeholders unless the principles that underpin effective record-keeping are articulated and implemented.

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Tsybulko, Liudmyla, and Karina Akhtyrska. "Organizing of Social-Pedagogical Work with Children-Orphans and Children, Deprived of Parental Care, in Belgium." Bulletin of Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University 1, no. 1 (324) (2019): 138–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.12958/2227-2844-2019-1(324)-1-138-144.

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Meyer, Madonna Harrington. "How Marital Status Shapes Grandparenting Children With Disabilities." Innovation in Aging 5, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2021): 240–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.929.

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Abstract How does marital status shape grandparent care work when grandchildren have disabilities? Based on 50 in-depth interviews with grandparents who provide various types of care for grandchildren with disabilities, we find that marital status shapes care work in three distinct ways: (1) Many who are married describe both grandparents working as a team to provide vital care; (2) Some who are married describe spouses, primarily grandfathers, who are either unable or unwilling to provide care; and (3) Many who are not married, primarily grandmothers, describe providing relatively high levels of care and support despite relatively low resources. While nearly all report a great deal of joy and satisfaction with their care work, those who are single, have greater care responsibilities, and fewer resources are more likely to report adverse social, emotional, physical, and financial impacts. More robust social policies could alleviate the impact of marital status on grandparent care work.

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Cramer, Lorinda. "Making ‘everything they want but boots’: Clothing Children in Victoria, Australia, 1840–1870." Costume 51, no. 2 (September 2017): 190–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/cost.2017.0024.

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Dress was charged with meaning in the British colonies. Its visual cues made dress an obvious vehicle for formulating identity in material ways, and as a communicative device it was a means to measure migrants of unknown social origin — though not always with success. This article explores children's clothing in south-eastern Australia during the decades spanning the mid-nineteenth century, when the Port Phillip District transformed from a pastoral settlement into the thriving gold-rush colony of Victoria, attracting migrants from around the globe. In particular, it focuses on the material practices of mothers in clothing their children. In considering the links between a mother's domestic needlework and expressions of identity, it develops the concept of clothing as a visible indicator to observers of a mother's care of and devotion to her children, while acknowledging the circumstances that may have influenced her sewing — shortages of labour and materials, isolation and the financial uncertainty of life in a new colony.

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DeRigne, LeaAnne, and Shirley L. Porterfield. "Employment Change Among Married Parents of Children With Special Health Care Needs." Journal of Family Issues 38, no. 5 (July 10, 2016): 579–606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x15572368.

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Over one in five households with children has at least one child with a special health care need (CSHCN). Child health caregiving can bleed into paid work time. This research analyzes what factors influence work decisions (who reduces work and by how much) in married-couple families with CSHCN. This article uses data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to examine the specifics of changes in parental work status and a comparison of family/work trade-offs made by parents in families with and without a CSHCN. Results indicate that mothers are more likely to experience negative work changes than fathers. Both mothers and fathers with CSHCN are more likely to report missing work than parents of children without special health care needs. Overall, when children receive treatment in a primary care practice that serves as a medical home, parents are less likely to experience negative employment changes.

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Volard, Jill, Christine Baxter, and Cliff da Costa. "Recruiting Out-of-Home Caregivers for Children with an Intellectual Disability in the Shared Family Care Program." Children Australia 18, no. 4 (1993): 23–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1035077200003692.

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Recruiting caregivers for children with an intellectual disability who require out-of-home respite or longer-term care is a problem which has challenged service providers for many years. This paper summarises findings of a recent evaluation of Shared Family Care, a foster care program in Victoria for children with intellectual disabilities/developmental delay. Current recruiting is not succeeding in meeting the demand for either respite, short term or long term care. Findings of the evaluation suggest that factors such as use of appropriate media, and running effective recruitment campaigns is only part of the answer. It is also important at every stage to address caregiver satisfaction with the job and employ strategies to find potential caregivers in the community.

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Forrester, Donald. "Outcomes in Children’s Social Care." Journal of Children's Services 12, no. 2-3 (September 18, 2017): 144–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcs-08-2017-0036.

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Purpose There are often calls for more focus on outcomes in Children’s Social Care yet there is little consensus on what these outcomes should be. Key challenges include who should decide what outcomes should be measured and the sheer range of issues that social workers deal with. The purpose of this paper is to provide a reflective account of approaches to measuring outcomes that the author has used in recent studies in order to illustrate the complexity involved in understanding what the purpose of Children’s Social Care is and therefore how outcomes might be measured. Design/methodology/approach A review of and reflection on lessons from recent research studies carried out by the author and colleagues. Findings The results are used to illustrate and support an argument that Children’s Social Care performs multiple functions and that this has implications for thinking about outcomes. Helping children and parents is one element of the work, but assessing risk across large numbers of referrals and identifying those that require involvement is equally important. Furthermore, the social work role requires complex considerations around liberty and the rights of parents and children. One consequence of this is that the quality of the service provided is important in its own right. Research limitations/implications It is suggested that the evaluation of Children’s Social Care involves four types of outcomes: measures of the quality of the service provided; assessment of whether the “right” families are being worked with; client-defined measures of change; and the development of appropriate standardised instruments. Examples of approaches in each area are discussed. Practical implications The theoretical considerations suggest that we need to have a multi-dimensional approach to evaluating, inspecting and leading Children’s Social Care services. In particular, the importance of the quality of delivery and appropriate targeting of the service are emphasised, as well as considering various approaches to measuring outcomes. Originality/value The paper proposes a combination of qualitative and quantitative measures of process, assessment and outcomes for evaluating outcomes in Children’s Social Care.

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O'Donnell, Emily M., Karen A. Ertel, and Lisa F. Berkman. "Depressive Symptoms in Extended-Care Employees: Children, Social Support, and Work-Family Conditions." Issues in Mental Health Nursing 32, no. 12 (November 11, 2011): 752–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01612840.2011.609958.

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TRAUSTADOTTIR, RANNVEIG. "Mothers Who Care." Journal of Family Issues 12, no. 2 (June 1991): 211–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019251391012002005.

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Based on a qualitative study of families of children with disabilities, this article examines the role of gender in caring for a child with a disability. Findings reveal caring as a complex phenomenon that has at least three meanings: (a) “caring for,” which refers to the caregiving work, (b) “caring about,” referring to the love, and (c) “the extended caring role,” when mothers of children with disabilities extend their caring to a broader societal concern. The findings, which suggest that the responsibilities for caring are still ascribed on the basis of gender, are discussed in relation to traditional disability family studies and the situation of women in today's society.

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