Factors contributing to the breakdown of foster care placements : foster parents' and adolescents' perspectives
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Authors
Mnisi, Rosina Mmamokete
Issue Date
2015-02
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Adolescent , Child in need of care , Foster care , Foster care breakdown , Foster parents , Kinship foster care
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Abstract
As a social worker at the Desmond Tutu Child and Youth Care Centre in Gauteng province, the researcher noticed an increase in the number of applications for adolescents’ admission to the Centre due to a breakdown in their foster care placements. This raised a question regarding the factors contributing to this breakdown. The aim of the study was to develop an in-depth understanding of factors contributing to the breakdown of foster care placements from the perspectives of the adolescents who were fostered and from those of their foster parents.
The qualitative research approach was used applying an explorative, descriptive and contextual design. Purposive sampling was used to select the participants. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews and was analysed according to the framework provided by Tesch (in Creswell, 2009:186). For data verification, Guba’s model (in Krefting (1990:214-220) was applied. Conclusions are drawn and recommendations made about foster care involving adolescents.
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Citation
Mnisi, Rosina Mmamokete (2015) Factors contributing to the breakdown of foster care placements : foster parents' and adolescents' perspectives, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18880>