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Group Home Care: — an inside view

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2024

Lesley Oakley
Lesley Oakley*
Affiliation:
The Victorian Children’s Aid Society, Black Rock, Victoria
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Every child is entitled to share in, and be part of family life. Where the child’s natural family is unable to offer that family experience society is obligated to provide a substitute family. Family group home care should not be regarded as substitute family care. However, if agencies conducting family group home programmes are aware of the limitations of this model, the positive aspects of family group home care may be optimised.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , Winter 1984 , pp. 6 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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