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Supporting families: Outcomes of placement in voluntary out-of-home care for children and young people with disabilities and their families

Crettenden, Angela; Wright, Annemarie; Beilby, Erin - In: Children and Youth Services Review 39 (2014) C, pp. 57-64

Parents caring for children and young people with disabilities typically have extensive additional demands on their time and resources. This added pressure can significantly impact well-being and mental health. In extreme circumstances, parents may seek an out-of-home placement for their child....

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The needs and experiences of young people with a disability transitioning from out-of-home care: The views of practitioners in Victoria, Australia

Mendes, Philip; Snow, Pamela - In: Children and Youth Services Review 36 (2014) C, pp. 115-123

current experience of, and support services available, to young people with a disability transitioning from out-of-home care … in the Australian State of Victoria. Our findings suggest that care leavers with a disability do not currently receive …

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Disentangling over-representation of parents with disabilities in the child welfare system: Exploring child maltreatment risk factors of parents with disabilities

Lightfoot, Elizabeth; Slayter, Elspeth - In: Children and Youth Services Review 47 (2014) P3, pp. 283-290

collateral effects of having a disability, and through the use of income-adjusted data, help disentangle why parents with … increase its disability competence in working with both children and parents with disabilities. …

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Professional development opportunities as retention incentives in child welfare

Clark, Sherrill J.; Smith, Richard J.; Uota, Kazumi - In: Children and Youth Services Review 35 (2013) 10, pp. 1687-1697

This study examined the career paths of 415 Title IV-E MSW graduates in one state retrospectively over 180months post-graduation to discover factors that could be important in affecting retention in public child welfare agencies. The Title IV-E educational program is designed to be a retention...

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Employment mobility or turnover? An analysis of child welfare and protection employee retention

Burns, Kenneth; Christie, Alastair - In: Children and Youth Services Review 35 (2013) 2, pp. 340-346

This article challenges the commonly held assumption that there is a high level of occupational turnover of social workers in all child protection and welfare agencies. By analysing occupational mobility patterns (turnover, retention and attrition) in five child protection social work teams, the...

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The language and policy of care and parenting: Understanding the uncertainty about key players’ roles in foster care provision

Hollin, Gregory; Larkin, Michael - In: Children and Youth Services Review 33 (2011) 11, pp. 2198-2206

Recent debates about the care provided to looked-after children have been characterised by uncertainty about the differing roles and responsibilities of foster carers, birth parents, and social workers. To explore the assumptions underlying these uncertainties, we drew upon Foucauldian Discourse...

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Professionalization in public child welfare: Historical context and workplace outcomes for social workers and non-social workers

Scannapieco, Maria; Hegar, Rebecca L.; Connell-Carrick, … - In: Children and Youth Services Review 34 (2012) 11, pp. 2170-2178

This article recaps the historic role of the U.S. Children's Bureau in the development and professionalization of public child welfare services. A review of the empirical literature explores relationships between professional preparation and outcomes in service delivery, job performance and...

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The surprisingly weak evidence base for supervision: Findings from a systematic review of research in child welfare practice (2000–2012)

Carpenter, John; Webb, Caroline M.; Bostock, Lisa - In: Children and Youth Services Review 35 (2013) 11, pp. 1843-1853

The objective of this study is to ascertain what is known about the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of supervision in child welfare in relation to outcomes for consumers/service users, staff and organizations.

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“Well, if you can't smile you should go home!” Experiences and reflective insights on providing outreach to young sex trade workers

Saldanha, Kennedy; Parenteau, Derek - In: Children and Youth Services Review 35 (2013) 8, pp. 1276-1283

This case study relates experiences and candid reflections of front-line staff in the STAND program (Street Trade Alternatives and New Directions) providing outreach to young sex trade workers in downtown Toronto. The authors describe how this project came to be and the lessons learned in...

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Improving practice: The importance of connections in establishing positive identity and meaning in the lives of vulnerable young people

Noble-Carr, Debbie; Barker, Justin; McArthur, Morag; … - In: Children and Youth Services Review 47 (2014) P3, pp. 389-396

This article presents the findings of a participatory qualitative study investigating the role and potency of identity … connectedness in fostering positive identity and meaning in vulnerable young people's lives. Five critical domains for building … positive identity and meaning emerged: caring relationships; participation and contribution within their communities; achieving …

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