Guardianship

A guardian is a legally appointed adult representative for a child. The guardian's function is to ensure that a child’s rights are upheld and the child's best interests are protected. The existence, process and duties of a guardian will vary from country to country. When no formal guardian system exists, alternative systems can be created for having a legally recognised representative for a child. This is particularly important when children are likely to be orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS, or unprotected by adult caretakers such as child-headed households.  

 

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Ovcharenko L.Yu., Doroshenko T.N - ЧЕЛОВЕЧЕСКИЙ КАПИТАЛ,

The article deals with the problem of socialization of orphan children in the process of relationships between the individual and a society based on the implementation of existing individual features in social learning, self-knowledge and self-realization, that provides in turn social knowledge, social skills and social experience of the individual.

National Quality Improvement Center for Adoption and Guardianship Support and Preservation (QIC-AG),

This guidance is designed for social service professionals to better serve guardianship families by learning about the dynamics of the family’s permanent relationships, factors that influenced their decision-making in choosing the guardianship option, and how those decisions might affect the family’s current situation.

Rofiah Ololade Sarumi & Ann Elaine Strode,

This brief reference surveys the national policy of three representative African countries on the legal guardianship of children who are without parents or families.

Daniel Hedlund and Lisa Salmonsson - The International Journal of Children's Rights,

This paper explores the research literature relating to the guardianship of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum.

Chris Beckett, Jonathan Dickens, Gillian Schofield, Georgia Philip and Julie Young - Children and Youth Services Review ,

The paper draws on a mixed methods study the role and effectiveness of Independent Reviewing Officers in England. 

Margaret H. Lloyd, Becci A. Akin, Jody Brook - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study seeks to contribute to the literature on child welfare and parental drug use in the United States by answering several research questions.

Paul Adams - CoramBAAF,

Undertaking a connected person / family and friends assessment is designed to help social workers to manage and complete a comprehensive and evidence-based assessment of connected people / family and friends who wish to foster or be special guardians to a known child or children.

James A. Rosenthal & Rebecca L. Hegar - Journal of Public Child Welfare,

Using data from a national longitudinal survey of children referred to child protective services (NSCAW II), this article compares behavioral, child/caregiver relationship, and school performance outcomes for children residing in kinship and nonkinship settings.

Jane Deith - File on 4 ,

In this episode of “File on 4” from BBC Radio, Jane Deith investigates the practice of “Special Guardianship” orders in the UK, orders that grant legal guardianship of children to relatives or others who come forward to care for children when their parents can’t.

Cati Coe - Affective Circuits: African Migrations to Europe and the Pursuit of Social…,

This chapter discusses the practice of child circulation in Ghana.