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A conceptual framework to assist Irish reform in adoption and child welfare, including lessons from the USA
(2015)
O'Brien, Valerie
A conceptual framework to assist Irish reform in adoption and child welfare, including lessons from the USA
(2015)
O'Brien, Valerie
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Reimagining Adoption as a Viable Care Option In Ireland, Cork, Ireland , 24 September, 2015
The key issue of adoption out of the public care system is central to this paper. The paper traces the place of adoption in Ireland, presents a number of conceptual frameworks within which this issue can be explored and raises key questions which can contribute to the debates now needed at a legal, policy and practice level.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/7199
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A discussion of international, national, discipline and institution contextual factors that impact on the design /redesign of a Post Graduate Social Work Programme in Ireland
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
A discussion of international, national, discipline and institution contextual factors that impact on the design /redesign of a Post Graduate Social Work Programme in Ireland
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
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The purpose of the paper is to examine what international, national and institutional influences need to be considered in appraising the need and design of a post-qualifying training in therapeutic or counselling social work. It is my view that such a programme could augment both the existing social work counselling skill base and could provide a mechanism whereby social workers identity and work opportunities in the therapeutic and counselling roles would be enhanced. This paper will examine the feasibility of the programme and the issues/ influences that need to be considered in the design of the curriculum.
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ke - AS 08/07/211
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3013
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Academic review of practice instruments : national care planning project
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
Academic review of practice instruments : national care planning project
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
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The terms of reference for the academic review included consideration both of the practice instruments developed for the NCCP against national and international best practice and research, and addressed questions on their impact on outcomes of child placement. This review takes a wide view in appraising the practice instruments, focusing on contextual as well as clinical applications, as referenced in the NCPP goals. However, it does not attempt to cover general ground already well reported in other evaluation processes. It does draw on specific commentary on the practice instruments in use during the interim and final evaluations.
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Health Service Executive
ti,ke,-SB.14/09/2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3223
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Adopt an open approach to historic secret : Irish-American child legacy needs state help to unravel
(2014)
O'Brien, Valerie
Adopt an open approach to historic secret : Irish-American child legacy needs state help to unravel
(2014)
O'Brien, Valerie
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Following the release of the film 'Philomena', the light has been shown on the untold stories of Irish American intercountry adoption. As the year of the gathering 2013 draws to a close, the people involved should be help to have their own gathering. This will not be achieved by many unless urgent goverment and religious organisation action is provided to help people in families seperated through adoption to find one another.
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kpw23/1/14
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/5256
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Adoption and the Irish Care System: Context and Drivers for Change?
(2019)
O'Brien, Valerie; Palmer, Angela
Adoption and the Irish Care System: Context and Drivers for Change?
(2019)
O'Brien, Valerie; Palmer, Angela
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Long-term foster care ("LTFC") is the predominant permanent option for children who are likely to remain in care in Ireland. The Adoption Bill 2012 (the "2012 Bill"), published at the time of the holding of the Children's Referendum but not progressed since, seeks to ease existing legal restrictions in respect of adoption of children living in foster care. Against a backdrop of overall adoption trends in Ireland, this paper explores the 2012 Bill. It unpacks the concept of "permanency", discusses the incentives and disincentives involved in moving between foster care and adoption, and identifies key questions needed to shape the debate. How the passing of the Children's Referendum and its revision of the Constitution play out in the Irish legislature and court system remain to be determined.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/9967
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Adoption as Part of the Irish Care System: A New Challenge for Social Work
(2019)
O'Brien, Valerie; Palmer, Angela
Adoption as Part of the Irish Care System: A New Challenge for Social Work
(2019)
O'Brien, Valerie; Palmer, Angela
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Placing adoption as an adjunct to the care system will have many implications for current service delivery and especially for social work practice. Not only is it likely to change the nature of care planning, foster and adoptive parent assessment and social work involvement in judicial processes, but it also has implications for the profession’s relationship with adoption. This seismic shift requires keen deliberation at a policy and practice level if best outcomes for some of the most vulnerable children in Irish society are to be realized. The debate needs to include those individuals affected by and responsible for legislative change, policy formation and best practice and its implementation (O’Brien and Palmer, 2015). This paper sets out to explore a number of the issues involved.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/9969
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Adoption as part of the Irish care system: a new challenge for social work?
(2016)
O'Brien, Valerie; Palmer, Angela
Adoption as part of the Irish care system: a new challenge for social work?
(2016)
O'Brien, Valerie; Palmer, Angela
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Placing adoption as an adjunct to the care system will have many implications for current service delivery and especially for social work practice. Not only is it likely to change the nature of care planning, foster and adoptive parent assessment and social work involvement in judicial processes, but it also has implications for the profession’s relationship with adoption. This seismic shift requires keen deliberation at a policy and practice level if best outcomes for some of the most vulnerable children in Irish society are to be realized. The debate needs to include those individuals affected by and responsible for legislative change, policy formation and best practice and its implementation (O’Brien and Palmer, 2015). This paper sets out to explore a number of the issues involved.
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/617884
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An Application of the Fifth Province to Kinship Care Networks
(2014)
O'Brien, Valerie
An Application of the Fifth Province to Kinship Care Networks
(2014)
O'Brien, Valerie
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Kinship care represents a significant option for increasing numbers of children in need of state care (Nixon 2007; Colton et al 2008). There are many positive outcomes from such placements (Hunt et al 2008, O’Brien 2012a). While there have been some interesting systemic developments (Crumbley & Little 1997; Portengen & DerNeut 1999, Ziminski 2007a, 2007b), a level of confusion remains as to the nature of the relationships involved in kinship networks. Furthermore, a service delivery model, characterised by the professionals holding much of the power, expertise and regulatory responsibility has dominated (O’Brien 2012b). This has led to disquiet among many practitioners, family members and managers. This paper contends that an understanding of the different networks is a critical starting point to aiding development. Building on earlier work (O’Brien 1997, 1999), the 'fifth province model' from the systemic field, is shown to provide a conceptual and intervention ...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/6223
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An exploration of curriculum design when devising a masters degree in clinical social work : working paper series
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
An exploration of curriculum design when devising a masters degree in clinical social work : working paper series
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
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The features of curriculum design are applied in this paper and it forms the basis for a discussion as to the viability of such a development in Ireland of 2009.
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da, ke, ti - AS 07/08/2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3011
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Challenges in assessment and decision making in intercountry adoption
(2012)
O'Brien, Valerie
Challenges in assessment and decision making in intercountry adoption
(2012)
O'Brien, Valerie
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Second International Conference on Adoption Research (ICAR2), University of East Anglia, Norwich U.K., Monday 17th to Friday 21st July 2006
This paper addresses the challenges facing ICA assessment and decision making in Irish adoption practice? The following questions are addressed •How can a balance be struck between legislative, procedural and best practice parameters in decision making? •Are the models used in assessment and decision making at variance or fitting with the balance required between these parameters? •In moving forward from 2008, what are there issues that need particular attention?
Not applicable
ti, ke - kpw5/12/11
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3678
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Children in Care and Permanency : A Comparative Perspective
(2013)
O'Brien, Valerie
Children in Care and Permanency : A Comparative Perspective
(2013)
O'Brien, Valerie
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The Irish Care System and Adoption, IASW, Dublin, 28 June, 2013
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DM, 3/12/2013
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/5123
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Colton, M. and M. Williams (eds) (1997) The World of Foster Care: An International Sourcebook on Foster Family Care Systems
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
Colton, M. and M. Williams (eds) (1997) The World of Foster Care: An International Sourcebook on Foster Family Care Systems
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
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http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3014
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Contact kinship and a ‘fifth province’ systemic perspective
(2012)
O'Brien, Valerie
Contact kinship and a ‘fifth province’ systemic perspective
(2012)
O'Brien, Valerie
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International Foster Care Conference "Linking Global Foster Care", Dublin Ireland, 12-17 July 2009
Contact or contact is seen as an integral part of foster care. It is generally seen as a key barometer of the state of relationships between all the parties involved. It is accepted that while there are rewards, albeit different for different people, there are also many challenges. So, what are the key issues in kinship care placements? Does the family connection make contact easier or more difficult? If family relationships are generally collaborative, what position does the child welfare agency take in managing contact? If family generally organise contact with minimum agency assistance, how is the agency satisfied that the child is protected? How can life cycle change be accommodated in a way that builds on the cooperative relationships as opposed to threatening its stability? Likewise, if family relationships are acrimonious, how does this impact on the agencies’ ...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3711
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Contributions from an Irish Study: Understanding and Managing Relative Care
(2019)
O'Brien, Valerie
Contributions from an Irish Study: Understanding and Managing Relative Care
(2019)
O'Brien, Valerie
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This chapter is drawn from a PhD research study conducted in Ireland between 1993-97 (O'Brien, 1997) and further developments arising in the field since that date. The study is the only one of its type conducted to date in Ireland and has contributed significantly to an understanding of this care option for children, This chapter is divided into two sections. Section one outlines the aims of the study, the development of relative care in Ireland and key findings in relation to the children's and relative' biographical details, and the care career of the children. Section two describes and traces the processes involved at the decision-making, assessment and post-assessment stages. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the implications for practice and puts forward a model that may assist future practices.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/9968
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Course notes for train the trainers : intercountry adoption education and preparation course
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
Course notes for train the trainers : intercountry adoption education and preparation course
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
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The course notes for the train the trainers intercounty adoption education and preparation course covers the following topics: objectives of course, values of course, terms used pre course trainer preparation, pre-course planning, letter of introduction to course participants to include, administration and pre course planning issues, principles of adult learning, introduction to methods and skills, individual methods, individual skills.
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Developed as part of the implementation of the Standarised Framework for Intercountry Adoption : Eastern Health Board and Department of Health and Children
Eastern Health Board
Department of Health and Children
ti, ke, ab - AS 07/08/2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3012
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Different models of service delivery for family welfare conferencing
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
Different models of service delivery for family welfare conferencing
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
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This work presents an overview of the factors that need to be taken into account in the decision making in respect of providing a coordination service in respect of family group conferencing
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http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2998
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Guide for practitioners - a standardised framework for domestic adoption preparation, assessment and decision-making procedures
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie; Conway, Eileen
Guide for practitioners - a standardised framework for domestic adoption preparation, assessment and decision-making procedures
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie; Conway, Eileen
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The purpose of the Adoption Guide and the Framework is to enable agencies and their professional workers to perform their key functions to an appropriate, explicit and consistent standard; to make explicit and transparent the process and the areas which potential adopters will be expected to engage in with the agency; to establish the range of checks which workers would be expected to undertake in respect of prospective adopters; to establish the decision-making process. Decision-making should encompass: if adoption is in the best interests of a particular child and if the applicants should be approved to adopt? Furthermore the question is the match between the child and the family suitable and appropriate?
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Irish Adoption Board
2nd email sent to publisher 18/7/2011 - AV 26/7/2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3055
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Evaluation report on phase one of the family group conference pilot project for the East Coast Area Health Board
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
Evaluation report on phase one of the family group conference pilot project for the East Coast Area Health Board
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
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This report has been commissioned to appraise and draw together the main findings of Phase One of a Pilot Project on Family Group Conferences (FGCs) in Ireland. The pilot project was conducted in three community care areas of the Eastern Health Board (EHB), now the East Region Health Authority (ERHA), over the period May 1999 to June 2000 The project was concerned with introducing and operating Family Group Conferences (FGCs), as originally developed and used in New Zealand and now in more widespread use, in an Irish legal, organisational and professional context. The report describes the FGC process and the pilot project in depth. It contains details of the Conferences held as part of the Pilot Project as well as the views of the multiple participants involved. The report analyses and presents findings and recommendations in respect of the evaluation questions set by the Project Management Committee. The report also presents a revised and updated version of Good Practice Guidel...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3088
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Evolving networks of relative care
(2012)
O'Brien, Valerie
Evolving networks of relative care
(2012)
O'Brien, Valerie
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The place of relative /kinship care in the Irish child welfare system is presented. The central tenets of the ‘fifth province model’, which underpins the study are briefly explained. A typology of relative /kinship care networks is presented and discussed. The implications of the different categories in terms of the case management implications are discussed briefly.
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ti, de - TS 25.11.11
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3561
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Evolving networks of relative care : alliance and exclusion
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
Evolving networks of relative care : alliance and exclusion
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
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The chapter traces the processes involved through the decision-making, assessment and post-assessment stages of kinship Care. It examines the ways in which case management practices, derived primarily from an application of a traditional foster care approach, impact on the evolution of the kinship care networks. A process-oriented descriptive account of the evolution of the networks is presented. The multiple perspectives on issues offered by the birth parents, children, relatives and social workers involved was an important feature of this Irish study. A post-Milan systemic framework, drawing principally on the 'fifth province model', is the main theoretical frame used to orientate the study.
Not applicable
ti, ke, de - AL 08/07/2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3007
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Family fostering : children's experience of care by relatives
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
Family fostering : children's experience of care by relatives
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
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This chapter examines the impact of relative and kinship care on the lives of the children involved. The chapter is drawn from a mixed method study in which 92 children's files were examined and 8 children were interviewed.
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Query submitted from author if it is possible to use pdf of the chapter as published. Oak Tree Press are happy for us to use the author's version but we could scan the chapter if the author wishes. - AV 18/7/2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3035
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Fostering care : 'relatively' speaking
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
Fostering care : 'relatively' speaking
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
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This article discusses the revelations and outcry about children in state care being placed with families who have not yet been assessed and approved and it argues that there is a danger of generating confusion about the appropriateness of this option. But it is not the option that is faulty. It is not just lack of social workers. The issue is more complex than that.
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Title of published article on June 1st 2010 is "“Family fostering needs its own support system” - AV 18/7/2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3036
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Family group conference pilot project : evaluation report
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
Family group conference pilot project : evaluation report
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie
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This report has been commissioned to appraise and draw together the main findings of a small Pilot Project on Family Group Conferences (FGCs) aimed at examining the specific fit between family group conferencing and child protection. This is an aspect that had not been previously pilot-tested specifically in Ireland. The pilot project was conducted in the North Tipperary Community Care Area of the Mid-Western Health Board (MWHB) over the period September 2001 to February 2002. The report first describes the FGC process and the pilot project. It provides details of the Conferences held as part of the Pilot Project, as well as the views of the multiple participants involved. The report analyses and presents findings and recommendations.
Not applicable
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3085
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Family Group Conferencing in Child Protection Pilot Report: Evaluation Report
(2019)
O'Brien, Valerie
Family Group Conferencing in Child Protection Pilot Report: Evaluation Report
(2019)
O'Brien, Valerie
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Family Group Conferencing originated first in New Zealand, as part of the Children and Young Person Act, 1989. The model legislated for in New Zealand has been adopted in a number of countries including Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Sweden, France and here in Ireland. The principles and the processes involved were clearly demarcated in the New Zealand legislation. Few countries have included in their own legislation the detail surrounding conferencing laid down in the New Zealand legislation. The underlying philosophy of partnership, interest in developing "strengths focused" models of work, an increased use of relative placements for children who cannot be looked after by their own birth parents are important context markers in the development of current practice. The benefits of Family Group Conferences have been evaluated internationally and the results have been both positive and encouraging. Family Group Conferencing has a potentially critical contribution to...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/9965
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Family group conferencing practice guidance
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie; Lynch, Breda
Family group conferencing practice guidance
(2011)
O'Brien, Valerie; Lynch, Breda
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The guidelines and practice protocols required for the implementation of FGCs are contained in the following sections. It builds on guidance provided in the ERHA evaluation report (O’Brien 2000). The participants in this pilot project who have contributed in the research and training to the development of these practice protocols fits with the spirit of the FGC model, and is acknowledged. The work of the pioneering spirits internationally who have shared their experiences, learning and reflections, especially colleagues in the USA working in the area of family decision-making, Hampshire (UK) and New Zealand, is also acknowledged. Much of this work has been developed from a study of family/ professional networks, as part of a relative care project (O’Brien 1999; 2000; 2001).
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Mid Western Health Board
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3083
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