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Exploring Trauma-Informed Foster Care As A Framework To Support Collaborative Social Worker - Foster Carer Relationships, Maria Lotty
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Developing consistent collaborative working relationships between foster carers and social workers are important as they impact fostering stability and thus, the outcomes of children in foster care. This paper suggests a new framework, Trauma-informed Foster Care that was developed to reflect the experience of the Irish foster care system, may be helpful to support more collaborative practices between foster carers and social workers in an Irish context. Firstly, the paper explores the relationships between foster carers and social workers drawing on relevant literature. Secondly, the Trauma-informed Foster Care framework is delineated emphasising the principle of collaborative practice. Thirdly, the paper …
Safeguarding Adults At Risk: Critical Commentary On The Construction Of The Adult At Risk In Ireland, Susan Flynn
Safeguarding Adults At Risk: Critical Commentary On The Construction Of The Adult At Risk In Ireland, Susan Flynn
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Sociocultural constructions of the adult at risk prompt important theoretical and practical implications for adult safeguarding. Reformulations of the meaning of practice with adults at risk have been provoked by legislative, policy and procedural changes underway in the Irish context. These include the implementation of the Assisted Decision-Making Capacity Act (2015) with corresponding changes regarding informed consent and mental capacity; long anticipated ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCPRD) (United Nations, 2006); and advancement of the Adult Safeguarding Bill 2017. The concern is that procedural, legislative and policy advancement must not outpace critical …