Kinship Caregiver Case Study

She talked about her case because she said: “I never want a child to suffer in the way I did. Nobody capable of such violence should be able to adopt a defenseless child.”

going on. The father was not there to protect the kid he was in and out every day and he did

She said she lacked a stable home environment, was kept from her father for many years, was removed from the custody

Downs et al. (2009) defines permanency planning as the “systematic process of carrying out, within a limited period, a set of goal direct activities designed to help children and youths live in families that offer continuity of relationships with nurturing parents or caretakers, and the opportunity to offer lifetime relationships” (p. 281). In other words, permanency planning promotes a permanent living situation

Sribnick (2011) writes about “permanency planning,” as a way “to provide services to help keep children with their parents or, if that was not possible, to encourage the adoption of children” (p. 152). This was beneficial for families, because it was an opportunity of reunification for children and their families. For example, I worked at a group home as a caregiver helping and taking care of young girls who were mentally, physically/sexually, and/or emotionally abuse. The group home was not a permanent home, because the girls still have the chance to reunite and go live with their mother and/or family. If that was a disadvantage for any of the girls, adoption is the next ongoing, searching process until placed in a loving and providing home environment.

Returned call to Ms Deborah Turner. She wanted to complain about a CW worker that did not allowed see her great-niece Astasia (2years old) and great-nephew, Odion (4 years old).

A time frame needs to be established in which these goals need to be met. The foster child needs to be included in the decision-making process concerning the future. Ongoing screening and assessment is critical. Child adjustment needs to be addressed and can be achieved through sharing feelings and explaining the need for placement.

Action: MHP and MHS discuss Donovan’s behaviors in the home and community. MHP and MHS review monthly paperwork that is needs to be submitted. MHS and MHP complete a walk-through of Donovan’s bedroom and play room. MHP and MHP discuss upcoming medical appointments. MHP email Ms. Greene at the MUSC Foster Care Support Clinic to assist MHS with verifying upcoming medical appointments. MHP and MHS discuss MHS contact with Donovan’s DSS worker.

Living with her mother; however her mother asked her to leave the premises. Case Manager asked client, why her mother asked her to leave. Client stated that they got into an argument. Client stated that they have been arguing on a daily basis. Client stated that she doesn’t want to raise her child in that environment. Client stated that she has being living with her mother all her life.

Many potential adopted parents have experienced heartbreak, anguish and other problems that can be associated with adoption. There is an imbalance in the Nations foster care system and the system needs to be strengthening and the quality of services improved.

Out of fear she contacted police and had him arrested for violating the order of protection she had placed on him. In the video, the three year-old son was standing in the doorway and witnessed his father getting arrested. The little boy time and time again has witnessed his parents arguing and fighting. The police have been to their house more than 20 times and his father served six months in jail for domestic violence.

Rosa Cunningham (full name is Rosa Lee) is a 53 year old African American female client of average height, slight build, and is appropriately groomed. She has 8 children, 2 of them being female and 6 males, all adults. Rosa is a widow and reached this status after being separated from her deceased husband for many years. Rosa is currently hospitalized for pneumonia, and has been hospitalized several times in her life for diferent illnesses. Rosa’s medical history as self-reported is HIV and seizures. Rosa is a heroin addict and has been this way for several years. Rosa is involved with the local methadone clinic and receives 55mg of methadone daily. Even by receiving this daily dose of methadone, Rosa continues to use heroin. Rosa has several legal and health issues that are present also, despite which she continues to use heroin. Rosa has a lengthy criminal history to include arrests for prostitution, larceny, and selling drugs. The reason for today’s assessment is a referral made by the social worker at the hospital in which Rosa is a patient at and discharge planning is to be made for aftercare.

The documented growth of kinship care has with boldness thrust this subject into the forefront of children in the Child Welfare System. This paper compares the duration, safety, and stability outcomes for a matched cluster of kids placed in kinship care and foster care. Kids in kinship care had considerably fewer placements than did kids in foster care. Children placed in kinship homes statistically show less of a probably to still be in care, have a second allegation of institutional abuse or neglect, be attached the juvenile justice system, and come through jointure. A larger commitment is still needed by child welfare professionals, policy makers, and researchers to create kinship care as a viable out-of-home placement choice for children and families.

Permanency planning starts as soon as a child comes into foster care by providing family engagement and support services, simultaneously to children and their families to achieve permanency (Lopez, Del Valle, Montserrat, & Bravo, 2013; Goemans, Vanderfaeillie, Damen, Pijnenburg, & Van Holen, 2016). The desired outcome of permanency planning is to connect foster children to a permanent family, whether it is through reunification, placement with a biological family member (kinship), or through adoption by a non-relative family (Biehal, 2014). Research shows the quickest route to permanency is through reunification over kinship or adoption, making it the primary permanency goal when children come into foster care (Akin, 2011; Boldis & Tomlinson, 2014). However, research also indicates that if reunification does not occur within one year of coming into foster care, the chances of a child returning home drops to 19%, increasing the overall time

Further, applicants for adoption should be accepted on the basis of an individual assessment of their capacity to understand and meet the needs of a particular available child at the point of adoption and in the future (Rosario, 2006, p.8). The United States is facing a critical shortage of adoptive and foster parents. As a result, hundreds of thousands of children in this country are without permanent homes. These children deteriorate for months, even years, within state foster care systems that lack qualified foster parents and are frequently faced with other problems.