RT Journal Article
T1 The views of birth families regarding access visits in foster care.
A1 García-Martín, Miguel Ángel
A1 Fuentes-Rebollo, María Jesús
A1 Bernedo-Muñoz, Isabel María
A1 Salas-Martínez, María Dolores
K1 Acogimiento familiar
K1 Trabajo social
K1 Niños - Protección, asistencia, etc.
AB Summary: This study aims to give voice to parents and gather their views aboutcontact visits in foster care. Participants were 23 birth families who had contact visitswith 35 children in non-kinship foster care. Semistructured individual interviews wereconducted in order to explore two key aspects: the parents’ opinions regarding thecontact visits and the main areas they felt needed improving. The interviews weretranscribed and the transcripts were examined using an inductive method by Atlas.ti.  Findings: The main themes to emerge concerned their general view of contact visits,the input and support from social workers, the contribution of foster families, thecontact venue, and the organization of visits. In general, the birth families’ commentswere positive about the support and treatment received from social workers. However,they also mentioned certain aspects should be improved, such as supervision duringvisits.  Applications: The results suggest several ways to improve social work practice. Socialworkers should aim to involve birth families more in the process of drawing up contactarrangements and offering birth families adequate preparation prior to visits. Childprotection agencies also have a role to play in relation to improving the facilities in which visits are held, as well as their overall organization, such as, the venue shouldprovide a space that enables everyday family relationships to take place, and in theabsence of this, attempts should be made to organize visits outside the official meetingplace.
PB SAGE
YR 2018
FD 2018-02-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30546
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/30546
LA eng
NO García-Martín, M. Á., Fuentes, M. J., Bernedo, I. M., & Salas, M. D. (2019). The views of birth families regarding access visits in foster care. Journal of Social Work, 19(2), 173-191.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 12 abr 2026