care. The number of times a child stayed placed with kinship versus non-kinship.
Risk and Protector factors
Quality of Care
The quality of care for kinship versus non-kinship placements is an important but difficult topic to address. As Shlonsky and Berrick (2001) note, there is a lack of research on the topic of assessing the quality of care. However, they state there are basic ways for families to provided quality care. Some of these basic provisions are a nurturing environment, compassion, understanding, the absence of neglect and abuse, social simulation, and absorptivity. The authors note that it is harder to assess the quality of kinship because of the legal issues and policies that the government has to respect. Despite the challenges, …show more content…
65). The first domain is child safety, which includes “child mistreatment, the physical safety of the home, neighborhood, and dental care” (pg. 65). One distinction between child safety in kinship and non-kinship care is that social workers may be more lenient on kinship than non- kinship care placements, an important ethical concern for the field of social work. Another concern for the quality of care for kinship care is that kin who has a relationship with abusive biological parents are more lenient to allowing those parents access to the child, to visit the child, or even take the child out of placement environment Shlonsky and Berrick (2001). The second domain is educational support for the child. The author notes that a child's' educational success is linked to the caregivers level of education. Furthermore, the authors mention that according to various studies, kinship and non-kinship children scored lower in school than children who were not in the child welfare system. To provide quality of care, kinship, and non-kinship caregivers must help their child access resources and identify individual barriers to success (Shlonsky and Berrick, 2001). Shlonsky and Berrick go on to note that the third domain is mental health and behavioral support.
Risk and Protector factors
Quality of Care
The quality of care for kinship versus non-kinship placements is an important but difficult topic to address. As Shlonsky and Berrick (2001) note, there is a lack of research on the topic of assessing the quality of care. However, they state there are basic ways for families to provided quality care. Some of these basic provisions are a nurturing environment, compassion, understanding, the absence of neglect and abuse, social simulation, and absorptivity. The authors note that it is harder to assess the quality of kinship because of the legal issues and policies that the government has to respect. Despite the challenges, …show more content…
65). The first domain is child safety, which includes “child mistreatment, the physical safety of the home, neighborhood, and dental care” (pg. 65). One distinction between child safety in kinship and non-kinship care is that social workers may be more lenient on kinship than non- kinship care placements, an important ethical concern for the field of social work. Another concern for the quality of care for kinship care is that kin who has a relationship with abusive biological parents are more lenient to allowing those parents access to the child, to visit the child, or even take the child out of placement environment Shlonsky and Berrick (2001). The second domain is educational support for the child. The author notes that a child's' educational success is linked to the caregivers level of education. Furthermore, the authors mention that according to various studies, kinship and non-kinship children scored lower in school than children who were not in the child welfare system. To provide quality of care, kinship, and non-kinship caregivers must help their child access resources and identify individual barriers to success (Shlonsky and Berrick, 2001). Shlonsky and Berrick go on to note that the third domain is mental health and behavioral support.