Piloting the Mockingbird Family™ in Australia: Experiences of foster carers and agency workers

IF 1.6 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Child & Family Social Work Pub Date : 2023-10-24 DOI:10.1111/cfs.13095

Helen McLaren, Emi Patmisari, Michelle Jones, Chris Skinner, Simone Mather

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Given that the number of children and young people needing care keeps rising and fewer people are becoming foster carers, efforts to support carers and workers in foster caring are essential. This paper considers the experiences of carers and foster care agency workers involved in Australia's piloting of the Mockingbird Family. With a view understanding experience, data were collected via focus groups with carers and agency workers (n = 20) involved in piloting, implementation and evaluation. Deductive analysis applied the theory of experience to generate understanding of experience, as both intrinsic and extrinsic dimensions to capture strengths in the Mockingbird Family's foster caring networks. These dimensions of experience included collective passions of carers and workers; experiential change over time; collective experiences as a moving force; and experiences as transformational. Understanding of experience associated with the perceived strengths of the Mockingbird Family, including strategies to promote strong professional relationships between carers and workers, is an important element in strengthening environments of children and young people in care. Safe and stable environments are crucial for wellbeing.

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在澳大利亚试行知更鸟家庭™：寄养照料者和机构工作人员的经验

鉴于需要照料的儿童和青少年人数不断增加，而成为寄养照料者的人数却越来越少，因此，为照料者和寄养照料工作者提供支持的工作至关重要。本文探讨了参与澳大利亚 "知更鸟家庭 "试点项目的照护者和寄养机构工作人员的经验。为了了解经验，我们通过焦点小组收集了参与试点、实施和评估的照护者和机构工作人员（n = 20）的数据。演绎分析运用经验理论来理解经验，从内在和外在两个维度来捕捉 "知更鸟家庭 "寄养照料网络的优势。这些经验维度包括照顾者和工作人员的集体激情；随着时间推移的经验变化；作为推动力的集体经验；以及作为变革的经验。了解与知更鸟家庭的感知优势相关的经验，包括促进照护者和工作人员之间牢固的专业关系的战略，是加强受照护儿童和青少年环境的重要因素。安全稳定的环境对幸福至关重要。

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期刊介绍： Child and Family Social Work provides a forum where researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and managers in the field of child and family social work exchange knowledge, increase understanding and develop notions of good practice. In its promotion of research and practice, which is both disciplined and articulate, the Journal is dedicated to advancing the wellbeing and welfare of children and their families throughout the world. Child and Family Social Work publishes original and distinguished contributions on matters of research, theory, policy and practice in the field of social work with children and their families. The Journal gives international definition to the discipline and practice of child and family social work.