Building a Successful Care Path in Residential Care: Findings from Qualitative Research with Young People and Professionals in Italy
In: Child Care in Practice, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 34-48
ISSN: 1476-489X
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In: Child Care in Practice, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 34-48
ISSN: 1476-489X
In: Child & family social work, Band 20, Heft 4, S. 446-458
ISSN: 1365-2206
AbstractThis paper reports research carried out inItaly designed to investigate the usability ofChildWell‐BeingScale (CWBS) for the outcome evaluation of home‐care interventions for vulnerable families and children in need. Using a pre‐ and post‐test design, the study traces the changes in 18 vulnerable families and 23 children in need included in a programme of home‐care intervention over a period of 11 months. All the families and children were assessed twice: at intake and at the end of the intervention (after 6 months). Furthermore, 10 families and 11 children had a longer intervention and were assessed three times. Moreover, two focus groups involving 13 home‐care workers and 11 face‐to‐face interviews were used to collect practitioners' points of views onCWBS.The results generally support the idea that families' and children's situation improved over time, as shown by an improvement in almost all of the considered dimensions after 6 months and after 11 months. Specifically, the families improved more on household adequacy in the long term while children on the child performance dimension improved in the short term.Practitioners reported thatCWBSwas an aid to multi‐professional decision‐making, as the systematic evaluation of the subscales was a practical base upon which to activate shared decision‐making during the casework.
In: Enfances, familles, générations: EFG, Heft 16, S. 74-94
ISSN: 1708-6310
Certaines familles sont caractérisées par un grand niveau de vulnérabilité en raison de différents facteurs tels que l'histoire personnelle et familiale, des situations de pauvreté, d'isolement social, etc. Dans ces situations, la capacité des parents à prendre soin de leur enfant peut se révéler plutôt limitée. En Italie, dans le but de soutenir ces familles vulnérables, et celles qui sont négligentes en particulier, les interventions éducatives à domicile en faveur de l'enfant et de sa famille sont fort répandues, mais elles ont très peu fait l'objet d'évaluations scientifiques rigoureuses. Dans cet article, nous présentons les résultats d'une démarche partenariale de recherche-formation-intervention d'une durée de 12 mois impliquant 12 éducateurs et 18 familles considérées comme négligentes. L'évaluation de cette démarche a ainsi permis d'identifier les facteurs clés favorables à l'adaptation de ces familles.
In: Alcoholism treatment quarterly: the practitioner's quarterly for individual, group, and family therapy, Band 34, Heft 1, S. 30-47
ISSN: 1544-4538