Investigation of the implementation of law 4538/2018 on the institution of foster care in the contex of child protection
Abstract
This article discusses the institution of Fostering in Child Protection Placements (CPPs). It examines the types, forms, benefits, and risk factors of fostering of minors and the new legislative framework Law 4538/2018. Also, the main findings of a research study which aimed to investigate the implementation of the institution of fostering under the Legislative Reform are presented, in which Directors of CPPs Nationally and Foster Parents participated. It highlights the serious understaffing of the placements as several Settings do not have a Director and the social worker also performs this task and some do not have a social worker. In addition, it was found that the type of long-term foster care prevails, the non-replacement of minors in other foster families, reduced contact of the foster child with his biological parents and that there is an increased frequency of fostering of young children compared to adolescents who are still staying in the placements.
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