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Transforming Child Welfare: The Benefits of De-Institutionalization in Alternative Care

This document explores the process of de-institutionalization (De-I) in alternative care, focusing on how it can create small family homes to better meet children's needs. Highlighting the transition from residential institutions to family-based care solutions, it defines key concepts such as alternative care, foster care, and kinship care. The challenges include a lack of willing families and the need for resources, while the opportunities lie in healthier relationships, improved self-development, and better education for children.

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Transforming Child Welfare: The Benefits of De-Institutionalization in Alternative Care

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  1. Quality in Alternative Care De-Institutionalization Željka Matić Ertion Axha Zuzana Matĕjková Mariela Ilieva Ines Baletin Ai Sasaki Anna Dubinina Prague 2011

  2. Agenda • Ideal Care Environment • What is De-I • Forms of Alternative Care • Challenges and Opportunities of De-I

  3. What is De-I • It is a process that will help children to get more attention from the care givers by creating small family homes instead of big residential institutions • Moving from residential institutions into more individual and family type care solutions

  4. Basic definitions • Alternative care – an out of home care which provides stability, safety and support to children without proper parental care • SOS Children Villages, family homes, foster families and institutions • Caregivers – adults (either biological or step parents) who provide care for children and young people

  5. Basic definitions • Residential care – alternative way of non family based care where a lot of children live in buildings and people in shifts take care of them

  6. Basic definitions • Foster care – a family where a child is placed by a competent authority and where the caregivers are not his/her biological parents • Kinship care – an arrangement where a child lives with people who he knows from the past (either his/her relatives or friends)

  7. Challenges of De-I • There are not enough families willing to take care of children due to lack of motivation • The child could be placed into inappropriate foster family • Long processthat needs a lot of resources and organization • Depends on the politic and social will

  8. Opportunities of De-I • Healthier relationships with caring caregivers • Have a “real” family • Proper self-development • Better education • Hobbies • Sense of confidence and security • Active participant is a healthier and stronger society

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