‘It Isn't the Child Wearing Us Out, It's the System’: Navigating Support Systems When Struggling as Foster Parents in Norway

IF 1.6 3区 社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES
Anette S. Solvi, Marit Råbu, Idun Røseth
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Foster parents encounter significant and diverse obstacles in receiving support when caring for children affected by relational trauma and mental illness. These issues extend to their interactions with welfare systems, mental health professionals and personal networks. This study is aimed at understanding foster parents' needs in navigating the support systems and finding a balance in their responsibilities. To address this, we conducted interviews with 22 foster parents caring for children receiving mental health treatment in a specialized outpatient clinic in Norway. We present the findings as a general meaning structure comprising four interconnected constituents: (1) the challenge of being an ‘employee’ and a parent, (2) encounters marked by inadequate information, (3) wanting a closer relationship with the child welfare services and (4) feeling a need for confidential conversations and support. This study underscores foster parents' struggle with systems that fail to provide adequate child information and holistic support, highlighting a pressing need for context-aware and tailored systemic improvements.

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“不是孩子让我们疲惫,是体制让我们疲惫”:在挪威作为养父母挣扎时如何驾驭支持系统
寄养父母在照顾受关系创伤和精神疾病影响的儿童时,在获得支持方面遇到了重大和各种各样的障碍。这些问题延伸到他们与福利系统、精神卫生专业人员和个人网络的互动。本研究旨在了解寄养父母在支持系统中的需求,并在他们的责任中找到平衡。为了解决这个问题,我们采访了在挪威一家专门门诊诊所照顾接受心理健康治疗的儿童的22名寄养父母。我们将调查结果作为一个由四个相互关联的组成部分组成的一般意义结构来呈现:(1)作为“员工”和家长的挑战,(2)以信息不足为标志的遭遇,(3)希望与儿童福利服务建立更密切的关系,(4)感觉需要保密的对话和支持。这项研究强调了寄养父母与无法提供足够的儿童信息和整体支持的系统的斗争,强调了对情境感知和量身定制的系统改进的迫切需要。
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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.
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