Research

Esther Rowlson, Fatin Shabbar (2024) Exploring Stability Within Kinship Care From the Perspective of Kinship Carer Advocates, Child and Family Social Work

In 2022, Esther Rowlson interviewed our Carer Advocates and Project Officer as part of her Honours thesis research. A chapter from her Honours thesis was recently published in the above-named peer-reviewed journal, which includes our perspectives on kinship care.

Damien W. Riggs, Tandanya Allain, Liz Browne, Fiona Endacott, Amanda Quince (2022) “There’s no disenfranchisement when you’re sitting in that room”: Evaluating a South Australian loss and grief support group for foster and kinship carers, Children and Youth Services Review Journal

Dr Damian Riggs from Flinders University wrote the article regarding our Grief & Transition support group, with input from CF&KC-SA Carer Advocate Tandanya Allain, CEO Fiona Endacott, previous Senior Advocate Liz Browne and previous social work student Amanda Quince.

CF&KC-SA Adelaide University Intern research

The True Cost of Foster and Kinship Caring in South Australia (July 2021) by Emma Feagan

Keeping Aboriginal Children Connected to Culture (December 2021) by Anita Chaplin

Foster & Kinship Carers rights to review government decisions: jurisdictional tangles and unacceptable realities (December 2021) by Ruby Preece