Beyond contact: European perspectives on work with families of children placed away from home

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L’implication des parents dans l’éducation de leur enfant placé. Approches européennes. The involvement of parents in the upbringing of their child placed in care: European approaches

In child protection, just like other childcare systems, the principle of parental involvement is coming to the fore in official discourse. In practice, however, a child's placement in a foster or institutional home means that parents are discredited and kept at a distance. Drawing from research conducted in four European countries, this paper aims to understand the meaning of this involvement, and how parents can be part of their child's upbringing despite their being in care. Practitioners and institutions play a crucial role in the way in which they talk to parents, share tasks with them, and organize time spent together between parents and their children

Beyond contact? Policy approaches to work with families of looked after children in four European countries

In England, placement within the looked after system is not viewed as a desirable long-term solution for most children, and policy has prioritised continued contact with parents, and swift return home, wherever possible. This review examines policy approaches to work with families of looked after children in England and in three other European countries: Denmark, France and the Netherlands, aiming to identify areas for shared learning in relation to this challenging area of policy and practice. The research highlights relationships between care populations and policy understandings of the purpose of work with families, including understandings of children's and/or parents’ rights