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Piloting the Mockingbird Family™ in Australia: experiences of foster carers and agency workers

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dc.contributor.authorMcLaren, H.
dc.contributor.authorPatmisari, E.
dc.contributor.authorJones, M.
dc.contributor.authorSkinner, C.
dc.contributor.authorMather, S.
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractGiven 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 essential. This paper considers the experiences of carers and foster care agency workers involved in Australia's piloting of the Mockingbird Family. With a view understanding experience, data were collected via focus groups with carers and agency workers (n = 20) involved in piloting, implementation and evaluation. Deductive analysis applied the theory of experience to generate understanding of experience, as both intrinsic and extrinsic dimensions to capture strengths in the Mockingbird Family's foster caring networks. These dimensions of experience included collective passions of carers and workers; experiential change over time; collective experiences as a moving force; and experiences as transformational. Understanding of experience associated with the perceived strengths of the Mockingbird Family, including strategies to promote strong professional relationships between carers and workers, is an important element in strengthening environments of children and young people in care. Safe and stable environments are crucial for wellbeing.
dc.identifier.citationChild & Family Social Work, 2023; 29(2):411-421
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cfs.13095
dc.identifier.issn1356-7500
dc.identifier.issn1365-2206
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/37578
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley Blackwell Publishing
dc.relation.fundingLife Without Barriers
dc.rightsCopyright 2023 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.13095
dc.subjectAustralia
dc.subjectcarer attrition
dc.subjectfoster care
dc.subjectMockingbird Family
dc.subjectplacement stability
dc.titlePiloting the Mockingbird Family™ in Australia: experiences of foster carers and agency workers
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
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