| Title: |
‘You say one thing wrong, and your children are gone’ : exploring trauma-informed practices in foster and kinship care |
| Authors: |
Cooper, Kimberlea; Sadowski, Christina; Townsend, Rob |
| Publisher Information: |
Oxford University Press |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Collection: |
Federation University Australia: FedUni ResearchOnline |
| Subject Terms: |
4409 Social work; Foster care; Kinship care; Looked after children; Out-of-home care; Trauma-informed care |
| Description: |
Trauma-informed care is a growing practice approach in child and family social work. Current policy directions in out-of-home care (OOHC) in Victoria, Australia show an interest in further implementation of trauma-informed care, particularly through training for foster and kinship carers. Drawing upon findings from grounded theory research with sixteen foster and kinship carers, this article considers the application of trauma-informed practices in home-based care in the Central Highlands region of Victoria, Australia. The research reveals that whilst carers utilise principles of trauma-informed care to support children and young people, they do not always experience trauma-informed support from the wider OOHC system. This discrepancy suggests that the implementation of trauma-informed care has the potential to increase pressure on home-based carers if it is only encouraged at the interpersonal level between carers and children, without incorporating associated systems-level change. These findings propose that whilst micro-level support and training for carers are necessary and useful, it is crucial for OOHC systems to move beyond such initiatives to plan and enact macro-level reforms. © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
British Journal of Social Work Vol. 53, no. 6 (2023), p. 3055-3072; http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/197626; vital:18906; https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad087 |
| DOI: |
10.1093/bjsw/bcad087 |
| Availability: |
http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/197626; https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad087 |
| Rights: |
All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; Copyright © The Author(s) 2023 ; Open Access |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.E079495B |
| Database: |
BASE |