Everything for the child : Making grandparents into primary foster caregivers

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F25%3A00144263" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/25:00144263 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740925000489" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740925000489</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108165" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108165</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Everything for the child : Making grandparents into primary foster caregivers

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article investigates the image of an ideal foster grandparent as it is constructed by social workers. It draws upon 24 in-depth interviews with social workers from foster care agencies in the Czech Republic. We argue that social workers are key in the formulation and delivery of interventions with foster families and that understanding social workers' expectations of the foster care provided by grandparents is crucial to understanding their services for foster children. Our findings, carefully contextualized in legislative, historical, and sociocultural contexts, reveal three related expectations that social workers have, while approaching foster families with grandparents. These expectations cover the characteristics of their ideal foster grandparent, who (1) is not a parent to their child, (2) is not a grandparent to their grandchild, and (3) is a therapeutical caregiver for their grandchild. Examining the expectations with which social workers enter grandfamilies underscores the need for reflection and supervision to minimize potential biases in social work practice. Moreover, given the specific dynamics of care and challenges that foster grandparents face, we argue for the necessity of grandparent-specific interventions.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Everything for the child : Making grandparents into primary foster caregivers

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article investigates the image of an ideal foster grandparent as it is constructed by social workers. It draws upon 24 in-depth interviews with social workers from foster care agencies in the Czech Republic. We argue that social workers are key in the formulation and delivery of interventions with foster families and that understanding social workers' expectations of the foster care provided by grandparents is crucial to understanding their services for foster children. Our findings, carefully contextualized in legislative, historical, and sociocultural contexts, reveal three related expectations that social workers have, while approaching foster families with grandparents. These expectations cover the characteristics of their ideal foster grandparent, who (1) is not a parent to their child, (2) is not a grandparent to their grandchild, and (3) is a therapeutical caregiver for their grandchild. Examining the expectations with which social workers enter grandfamilies underscores the need for reflection and supervision to minimize potential biases in social work practice. Moreover, given the specific dynamics of care and challenges that foster grandparents face, we argue for the necessity of grandparent-specific interventions.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA23-06683S" target="_blank" >GA23-06683S: Pouta prarodič-vnouče: Přesgenerační vztahy a každodenní vyjednávání závazků péče</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Children and Youth Services Review

ISSN

0190-7409

e-ISSN

1873-7765

Svazek periodika

170

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

March

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

1-9

Kód UT WoS článku

001423204200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85216847645