Exploring kinship care through practitioner collaborative enquiry

Author: Warren-Adamson, Chris

Source: Adoption & Fostering Journal, Volume 33, Number 3, Autumn 2009 , pp. 76-84(9)

Publisher: British Association for Adoption and Fostering

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Abstract:

Chris Warren-Adamson reports on the proceedings of a collaborative enquiry group of eight social workers from one English local authority considering kinship or family and friends care practice. Facilitated by an academic, the group met once a month for the best part of a year to enquire into the implications for practitioners of the authority's strong policy of encouraging kinship placement for looked after children. The article briefly acknowledges the context of 'kinship care' and the collaborative enquiry process, before concentrating on a consideration of the challenges to kinship practice. The article concludes with a discussion about two inter-related sets of findings: first, technical or structural proposals about kinship practice; and second, enduring issues for social work practice, namely the overwhelming nature of complexity, the ill-management of anxiety and the questionable appropriateness of the agency office as a site for kinship care practice.

Keywords: KINSHIP CARE; COLLABORATIVE ENQUIRY; BUREAU-BASED PRACTICE; PRACTITIONER CAPACITY

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2009-09-01

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