Promoting Child and Carer Wellbeing and Placement Stability in Kinship Care

亲属护理是澳大利亚增长最快的家庭外护理安置，但得到的支持最少。本项目旨在实施和评估一个基于依恋和创伤的亲属照顾者项目，探讨其对土著家庭文化适应的适用性，并共同设计实用资源，以促进项目的可持续性和创伤知情实践。该项目是澳大利亚首个针对亲属照护者量身定制的随机试验项目，预计将产生关于循证支持的重要知识。通过实施法定儿童保护亲属照护者的创新方案，该项目应建立基于研究的实践能力，并有利于亲属照护的家庭福祉和安置成果。

Kinship care is the fastest growing out-of-home care placement in Australia, yet least supported. This project aims to implement and evaluate an attachment and trauma-based program for kinship carers, explore its suitability for cultural adaptation for Indigenous families and co-design practical resources to promote program sustainability and trauma-informed practice. This project is Australia’s first randomised trial of a tailored program for kinship carers and expects to generate vital knowledge on evidence-based support. Via implementing an innovative program for kinship carers in statutory child protection, this project should build capacity for research-based practice and benefit family wellbeing and placement outcomes in kinship care.