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Relative Care: A politicized experience

Relative Care: A politicized experience. Lena Lockett SOC470 Honours presentation. Background. What is OOHC? Placement options Scale and budget Trends Replication globally. Legislation. Policy. Foster Family. Assessment. Process Map. Place ment. Case Worker. Relative Care.

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Relative Care: A politicized experience

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  1. Relative Care: A politicized experience Lena Lockett SOC470 Honours presentation

  2. Background What is OOHC? Placement options Scale and budget Trends Replication globally

  3. Legislation Policy Foster Family Assessment Process Map Placement Case Worker Relative Care Assessment & Placement Birth Parents Residential Care Kinship Care

  4. Prior Australian Research Discussion Papers Australian Research Grandparents raising grandchildren because of parental use of alcohol and other drugs (Baldock & Petit 2006) Grandparents raising grandchildren (Council on the Ageing National Seniors 2003) Recruitment, Assessment, training and support of Indigenous carers (Higgins, Broomfield & Richardson 2005) Kinship care in New South Wales (Mason, Falloon, Gibbons, Spense, & Scott 2002)

  5. Research Question In what way can relative care be distinguished from other carer types? Discursively in policy Experiencing the bureaucratic machine.

  6. Legislation Policy • Fairclough • Jamrozik Foster Family Assessment Discourse in Action Placement Case Worker Relative Family • Lipsky • Goffman Assessment & Placement Birth Parents Residential care Kinship Care

  7. Methodology Secondary Research Critical Discourse Analysis of NSW legislation/Policy and Carer models. Primary Research Interview 3 Foster carers Interview 3 Relative carers Interview 6 caseworkers Interview 2 Industry specialists

  8. To date policy analysis HREC

  9. Bibliography Allen, K (2011) The Social Lens, An invitation to Social and Sociological Theory. Sage Publications. London. Australian Institute of family services (2012) out of home care, fact sheet. http://www.aifs.gov.au/cfca/pubs/factsheets/a142092/index.html#a7 Boston Consulting Group (2012) BRC Report. http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/docswr/_assets/main/documents/bcg_report.pdf. Bromfeild, L., Osborne, A (2007) Getting the big picture: A critique of Australian Out of home care. AIFS. file:///Users/lenalockett/Desktop/bromfeild%20latest%20issues26.html. Fairclough, N (2006) Language and Globalization. Routledge, London. Qld has 'more kids in care than prisoners' By Miranda Forster, AAP Updated July 17, 2012, 3:57 pm http://au.news.yahoo.com/queensland/a/-/latest/14253151/qld-has-more-kids-in-care-than-prisoners/ Lipsky, M (1980) Street level Bureaucracy. Russell Sage Foundation. New York. Mason, J., Falloon, J., Gibbons, L., Spence, N., Scott, E (2002) Understanding Kinship Care. NSW Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies Inc. & University of Western Sydney.

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