scholarly journals Occupations related to the sphere of social services in the foster care system - barriers in their functioning

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 58-69
Author(s):  
Magdalena Zmysłowska
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Foster Care System ◽  
Care System

Functioning of educational and care facilities during a pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 595 (10) ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
Marzena Ruszkowska
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Foster Care System ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Additional Support ◽  
Care System

The pandemic situation we are currently experiencing requires not only from family but also from institutional foster care and social services to take non-standard activities nobody was prepared for. Additionally, lack of imposed solutions means that foster carers, educators and other employees of the foster care system and their pupils feel left alone. The subject of the article's interest is the functioning of children staying in educational and care facilities and their educators during the coronavirus pandemic. The research was carried out in two phases. The first phase was of netographic research nature and consisted of a thorough analysis of articles posted on websites about the functioning of the foster care system during a pandemic. In the second phase, qualitative interviews (by telephone or using available communicators) were used in the Bialski poviat. Lack of specialized support, 24-hour childcare, preparing lessons with children, lack of remote learning equipment, mitigating conflicts, coping with the child’s aggression, adoption of new children from interventions, no access to specialists are just a few of the problems identified during the research. Therefore, the question arises: how long will the directors and educators of educational and care facilities be able to manage without additional support?

Wellbeing of Children in the Foster Care System

2016 ◽  
pp. 371-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey M. Weiler ◽  
Edward F. Garrido ◽  
Heather N. Taussig
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Foster Care System ◽  
Care System

Human Trafficking in the Foster Care System

2020 ◽  
pp. 137-149
Author(s):  
Catherine G. Coughlin ◽  
Robyn R. Miller ◽  
Selina Higgins ◽  
Kidian Martinez ◽  
Christine Dipaolo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Foster Care System ◽  
Care System

scholarly journals Medical Decision Making for Youth in the Foster Care System

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary Strassburger
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Medical Decision Making ◽  
Medical Decision ◽  
Medical Decisions ◽  
Foster Care System ◽  
Birth Parents ◽  
Birth Parent ◽  
Laws And Policies ◽  
Do So ◽  
Care System

Youth in the foster care system often have no one person who isclearly authorized to make medical decisions for them. From acaseworker insisting upon a vaccine to a birth parent refusingpermission for psychotropic medication, this paper argues that thequestion of who makes these decisions matters for children’s rights.This paper reports the results of a survey of 132 stakeholdersrepresenting all U.S. states, 17 qualitative interviews, and a reviewof relevant laws and policies. The stakeholders and legal researchrevealed that in sixteen states, common practice disagreed with thewritten laws and policies about who should be making medical decisionsfor youth in the foster care system. Most often, foster parents aremaking medical decisions despite note having legal authority to do so,and birth parents are rarely making decisions even when they arelegally allowed to do so. This paper proposes that following federallaw about promoting family reunification, birth parents should be incharge of medical decision making for the first 12-24 months. Afterthat time, the foster parent, if one is available and has showncommitment to the child, should become the medical decision maker.Such a policy would promote birth parent involvement and familyreunification while acknowledging the need of young people in care fordecision makers who can make long-term commitments to their care.

scholarly journals Fostering Care for All

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-228
Author(s):  
Larisa Maxwell
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sexual Assaults ◽  
Marginalized Youth ◽  
Committee Meeting ◽  
Foster Care System ◽  
Care System

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (“LGBTQ”) youth in the foster care system often face a multitude of discrimination, harassment, and abuse because of their actual or perceived homosexuality or gender identity. Mistreatment ranges from taunting to physical and sexual assaults by both other youth and staff. Certainly, this mistreatment is quite the antithesis of the safe haven that foster care placements are designed to be. There is very little legislation in place to specifically address these issues. In 2004, California’s Foster Care Nondiscrimination Act became the first act to provide explicit statutory protections from grievances based on sexual orientation or gender identity, among other protected classes. Recently, the Every Child Deserves a Family Act was proposed for the third time in the United States House of Representatives. The Act was designed to bar inequity in adoption and foster care placements due to either the prospective parent’s or child’s sexual orientation or gender identity, or the prospective parent’s marital status. Unfortunately, the bill died in committee, meeting the same fate as its predecessors. This Comment describes the strengths and shortcomings of both Acts and illustrates the immediate need to enact comprehensive statutory protections for youth in the foster care system who face discrimination and harassment based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Legislation should be enacted to help insulate these already marginalized youth from continuing harm.

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