Professional quality of life (ProQOL) refers to workers' subjective feelings associated with
work involved in helping others who have experienced trauma. It consists of positive and …

Kinship care is a global phenomenon with a long history, which in high-income countries
(HICs) at least, is being increasingly formalized through legislation and policy. There are …

Background Children's behaviours and support system typology are potential predictors of
foster carer compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress (ie …

Given that the number of children and young people needing care keeps rising and fewer
people are becoming foster carers, efforts to support carers and workers in foster caring are …

Background Good quality contact with birth parents is considered important to successful out-
of-home care (OOHC) placements. Objective There is, however, an absence of empirical …

Popular discourse contends that social media interactions are somehow less valid than face-
to-face exchanges. Complaining about the impact of online activities can construct identity …

Despite a widespread focus on grandparents, a large proportion of kinship care in the UK is
provided by older siblings. What drives older siblings to become kinship carers, and how this …

Objective This constructivist‐grounded‐theory study explored how foster and kinship carers
conceptualize and experience their role. Background Internationally, amid growing …

Kinship care is the preferred alternative for children who cannot remain with their birth
family, maintaining birth family links and continuity in other parts of their life. However …

Increasingly, children deemed to be at risk of harm are being placed in kin care, most often
with grandparents. Factors triggering the removal of children from their parents can include …