The adoption of children from out-of-home care: The understandings of key decision makers in Victoria, Australia
| Autor: | Chris Goddard, Heather Rowe, Anna Butlinski, Nicholas Freezer |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Butlinski, Anna, Rowe, Heather, Goddard, Christopher, Freezer, Nicholas |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Victoria media_common.quotation_subject Decision Making Child Welfare Poison control Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Foster Home Care out-of-home care 050906 social work children Nursing Adoption Injury prevention Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Medicine Parental Consent 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child adoption Decision Making Organizational Qualitative Research media_common Hierarchy business.industry 05 social sciences Human factors and ergonomics Psychiatry and Mental health Child Custody Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female 0509 other social sciences Parental consent business Welfare 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Child Abuse & Neglect. 72:120-130 |
| ISSN: | 0145-2134 |
| Popis: | Adoption is one of a range of options that can provide children in out-of-home care with permanency when they are unable to be reunified with their birth parents. This paper reports on how the adoption of children from out-of-home care is understood by professionals involved in making decisions about the permanent placement of children in out-of-home care in Victoria, Australia, where adoption is rarely used. Data were collected through a single, face-to-face semi-structured interview with 21 professionals; eight child welfare specialists, eight adoption and permanent care specialists and five judicial officers. The adoption of children from out-of-home care was primarily understood as a child-centered practice that can afford children stability and a sense of belonging. Adoption was largely viewed as a voluntary process dependent upon the consent of a child's birth parents. Adoption and permanent care specialists were the only group to refer to the dispensation of parental consent as a means of obtaining an adoption order. Most decision makers understood that contact between children and their birth parents is possible following adoption, but this was not understood by all judicial officers or all child welfare specialists. Children's connection to their cultural heritage was viewed as important to the consideration of adoption for children in out-of-home care. This research provides insight into the foundations upon which decision makers may appraise adoption, within a hierarchy of options, as a potential outcome for children in need of permanency. Refereed/Peer-reviewed |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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