How did kinship care emerge as a significant form of placement for children in care? A comparative study of the experience in Ireland and Scotland
Hill, Louise and Gilligan, Robbie and Connelly, Graham (2020) How did kinship care emerge as a significant form of placement for children in care? A comparative study of the experience in Ireland and Scotland. Children and Youth Services Review, 117. 104368. ISSN 0190-7409 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.06.003)
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Abstract
A notable development in child welfare provision in recent decades has been growth in certain jurisdictions of formal kinship care as a type of placement for children needing 'out of home' care. This trend raises the question of why formal kinship care has emerged in such a marked way in this period in some contexts. This paper sets out to explore this issue by investigating the emergence and development of formal kinship care in two neighboring jurisdictions in Europe where it now accounts for a substantial proportion of all care placements in Scotland and Ireland. The paper sets out a conceptual framework that considers the emergence of formal kinship care against the backdrop of the overall care systems in both jurisdictions and the wider set of societal kinship care practices relating to children. It traces key policy developments in the evolution of formal kinship care in both systems. It reviews policy challenges and influences that may help to account for the emergence and current relative importance of formal kinship care. This comparative case study aims to contribute to international debates about the development of formal kinship care.
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Hill, Louise, Gilligan, Robbie and Connelly, Graham ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9798-5499;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 68575 Dates: DateEvent31 October 2020Published5 June 2019Published Online3 June 2019AcceptedSubjects: Social Sciences Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection (CELCIS) Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 25 Jun 2019 11:03 Last modified: 27 Sep 2024 01:12 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/68575