What factors enable effective kinship care in practice? How well is kinship care understood by professionals and families?
Background
Children’s outcomes are strongly shaped by the love, stability and support provided by their family and wider family networks or in their care placement. Our research interest in this area focuses on understanding the following:
-what enables effective and timely family help, in order to keep children and young people with their families wherever possible
-how safe, loving and stable relationships are sustained for children and young people known to children’s social care
-what contributes to children and young people entering into or moving within the care system.
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Related UKRI funded projects
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Kinship care re-visited: Using Census 2011 Microdata to Examine and Map the Extent and Nature of Kinship Care Households in the UK
The research project will use microdata from the 2011 Census to provide nationally representative, reliable statistics and maps on the distribution and characteristics of kinship care households in the four countries of ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Bristol
Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically focuses on kinship care households in the UK, providing statistics, characteristics, and stakeholder engagement related to kinship care.
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Understanding What Matters: Developing effective participatory methods from the research into what matters to children living in kinship care.
Kinship care is the caring arrangement in the family constellation for children who cannot remain with birth parents. My PhD research was the first to solely focus on the views of children living in kinship care in Engla...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Sussex
Why might this be relevant?
The project emphasizes the importance of child participation in kinship care, providing insights from children living in kinship care and proposing effective participatory methods.
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The role of foster carers in meeting children's developmental and identity needs in England, Portugal and Spain
The number of children who are removed from their birth families for reasons such as neglect and/or abuse and are placed in care has been increasing over the years. Foster care is the widely preferred type of placement f...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of East Anglia
Why might this be relevant?
The project explores the role of foster carers in meeting children's developmental and identity needs in different countries, including England, Portugal, and Spain, contributing to understanding foster care provision and outcomes for children.