Residential care as an alternative care option : a review of literature within a global context
Giraldi, Miriana and Mitchell, Fiona and Porter, Robert Benjamin and Reed, Douglas and Jans, Valérie and McIver, Leanne and Manole, Mihaela and McTier, Alexander (2022) Residential care as an alternative care option : a review of literature within a global context. Child & Family Social Work, 27 (4). pp. 825-837. ISSN 1365-2206 (https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12929)
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Abstract
While there is unequivocal agreement on the need to support families and to avoid all unnecessary separation, there are ongoing debates across policy and practitioner communities nationally and internationally, around the place of residential care within the range of alternative care services which should be available to children who need them. This paper presents the findings of a review of evidence looking at the function, quality, and outcomes of residential care based on 111 papers identified for inclusion using systematic searches. The review identifies definitional ambiguity in the use of the terms 'residentia' and 'institutional' care in the literature, which alongside the different cultural, social, and economic contexts, makes generalising challenging. However, we found insufficient evidence to substantiate claims that residential care is inherently unsuitable. We identify research gaps in the literature, including in relation to quality, children's perspectives, and factors that impact upon the suitability of residential care for different children, before discussing implications of the findings for research, policy, and practice.
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Item type: Article ID code: 87300 Dates: DateEvent2 October 2022Published25 May 2022Published Online2 April 2022Accepted28 September 2021SubmittedSubjects: 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: 13 Nov 2023 11:45 Last modified: 12 Aug 2024 06:41 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/87300