Carnochan Sarah, Lee Chris, Austin Michael J
Bay Area Social Services Consortium, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-7400, USA.
J Evid Based Soc Work. 2013;10(3):179-95. doi: 10.1080/15433714.2013.788948.
In the context of child welfare, family reunification refers to the services that are provided for purposes of returning children who have been placed in out-of-home care to their families of origin. Family reunification is the primary permanency goal for the majority of children who have been placed temporarily outside of their homes. This literature review focuses on the federal Child and Family Services Review composite outcome indicator that seeks to measure agency performance related to family reunification. It describes factors at the level of the agency/system, the family, and the child that are associated with failure to reunify. Practices that have been linked with successful family reunification are described, with particular attention to the period between removal from the home and reunification. The review concludes with questions intended to promote discussion about the use of evidence to support the reunification process within child welfare agencies.
在儿童福利背景下，家庭团聚是指为将置于家庭外照料的儿童送回其原生家庭而提供的服务。对于大多数暂时离家的儿童而言，家庭团聚是主要的永久性目标。本综述聚焦于联邦儿童与家庭服务审查综合结果指标，该指标旨在衡量与家庭团聚相关的机构绩效。它描述了在机构/系统、家庭和儿童层面上与无法实现团聚相关的因素。文中阐述了与成功实现家庭团聚相关的做法，尤其关注从离家到团聚这段时期。综述最后提出了一些问题，旨在推动关于利用证据支持儿童福利机构内团聚过程的讨论。
