期刊
CHILD & FAMILY SOCIAL WORK
卷 26, 期 1, 页码 144-152出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cfs.12797
关键词
child welfare (in Australia); family policy; kinship care; poverty; social exclusion; young carers
资金
- R E Ross Trust [38365]
- Sidney Myer Fund [PDLM1502]
This Australian research project explored the prevalence of kinship care households, with a particular focus on those headed by young kinship carers. The data indicated specific challenges for these young carers in terms of education, employment, and income security, highlighting the need for targeted policy and practice to support them.
Young kinship carers tend to be overlooked in kinship care policy and practice. This Australian research project explored the prevalence of kinship care households in Australia, with a particular focus on households headed by young kinship carers. Census data were utilized to explore the number of kinship care households across the carer age spectrum and some of their characteristics, including households with Indigenous carers and carers with a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) identity. Characteristics of households headed by carers aged 16-30 years were explored in some detail, and comparisons made with young parents. The data pointed to particular challenges for young kinship carers in relation to post-secondary education, employment and income security. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.
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