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Stability in statutory kinship care: A grounded theory study of placement stability in Australia

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  • Clarke, Annaley
  • Healy, Karen
  • Lynch, Debby
  • Featherstone, Gerald

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This constructivist grounded theory study explored the concept of placement stability from the perspective of statutory kinship carers who self-identified as providing a stable kinship placement in Queensland, Australia. Twenty statutory kinship carers participated in semi-structured qualitative interviews. The study developed a substantive grounded theory of how Kinship Carers perceive a stable statutory kinship care placement and found six social processes that underpinned how the kinship carer felt, thought and acted. The core category was feeling connected. The five non-core categories were seeing the need, being constant, empathising with, championing for, and being aware and accepting of the kinship context. The study found no differences between familial and non-familial kinship carers perception of stability. It found that some of the categories were influenced when the kinship carer family identified as Australian Aboriginal or a preplacement relationship existed between the kinship carer and the child. The substantive theory developed by this study was applied to social worker practice in out-of-home care.

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  • Clarke, Annaley & Healy, Karen & Lynch, Debby & Featherstone, Gerald, 2024. "Stability in statutory kinship care: A grounded theory study of placement stability in Australia," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:156:y:2024:i:c:s0190740923004851
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107289
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