Out-of-Home Care for Children at-Risk in Israel and in Spain: Current Lessons and Future Challenges
This article compares the out-of-home care (OOHC) systems for children at-risk in Spain and Israel. Both countries share a strong tradition of placing children at-risk mainly in large residential care settings rather than familial solutions, and both face the challenge of the deinstitutionalization...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid
2018-03-01
|
| Series: | Psychosocial Intervention |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
http://journals.copmadrid.org/pi/archivos/articulo20180323114713.pdf
|
| _version_ | 1798045045892317184 |
|---|---|
| author | Hanita Kosher Carme Montserrat Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz Ferran Casas Anat Zeira |
| author_facet | Hanita Kosher Carme Montserrat Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz Ferran Casas Anat Zeira |
| author_sort | Hanita Kosher |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This article compares the out-of-home care (OOHC) systems for children at-risk in Spain and Israel. Both countries share a strong tradition of placing children at-risk mainly in large residential care settings rather than familial solutions, and both face the challenge of the deinstitutionalization of care, including the tendency to substitute family-based solutions for institutional care. This article follows the historical development and current status of out-of-home care systems, as well as the main research contributions on these topics in both nations, revealing a great similarity. Both countries share a Mediterranean culture, in which the family ties are dominant in providing personal and social well-being. The strong family ties are assumed to be related to the slower consolidation of foster family care as an alternative for out-of-home placement. In Spain it has led to a high prevalence of kinship foster care, while in Israel this has led to high use of residential care settings. The challenges Spain and Israel face given this structure of public child care are discussed. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-11T23:14:22Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-797250e40d66415dabcedf926e75d432 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1132-0559 2173-4712 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-11T23:14:22Z |
| publishDate | 2018-03-01 |
| publisher | Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Psychosocial Intervention |
| spelling | doaj.art-797250e40d66415dabcedf926e75d4322022-12-22T03:57:40ZengColegio Oficial de Psicólogos de MadridPsychosocial Intervention1132-05592173-47122018-03-01271210.5093/pi2018a411320559Out-of-Home Care for Children at-Risk in Israel and in Spain: Current Lessons and Future ChallengesHanita Kosher0Carme Montserrat1Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz2Ferran Casas3Anat Zeira4 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Israel The University of Girona, Spain, Universitat de Girona, The University of Girona, Spain The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Israel The University of Girona, Spain, Universitat de Girona, The University of Girona, Spain The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, IsraelThis article compares the out-of-home care (OOHC) systems for children at-risk in Spain and Israel. Both countries share a strong tradition of placing children at-risk mainly in large residential care settings rather than familial solutions, and both face the challenge of the deinstitutionalization of care, including the tendency to substitute family-based solutions for institutional care. This article follows the historical development and current status of out-of-home care systems, as well as the main research contributions on these topics in both nations, revealing a great similarity. Both countries share a Mediterranean culture, in which the family ties are dominant in providing personal and social well-being. The strong family ties are assumed to be related to the slower consolidation of foster family care as an alternative for out-of-home placement. In Spain it has led to a high prevalence of kinship foster care, while in Israel this has led to high use of residential care settings. The challenges Spain and Israel face given this structure of public child care are discussed. http://journals.copmadrid.org/pi/archivos/articulo20180323114713.pdf IsraelSpainCataloniaChildren in careResidential careFoster care |
| spellingShingle | Hanita Kosher Carme Montserrat Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz Ferran Casas Anat Zeira Out-of-Home Care for Children at-Risk in Israel and in Spain: Current Lessons and Future Challenges Psychosocial Intervention Israel Spain Catalonia Children in care Residential care Foster care |
| title | Out-of-Home Care for Children at-Risk in Israel and in Spain: Current Lessons and Future Challenges |
| title_full | Out-of-Home Care for Children at-Risk in Israel and in Spain: Current Lessons and Future Challenges |
| title_fullStr | Out-of-Home Care for Children at-Risk in Israel and in Spain: Current Lessons and Future Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Out-of-Home Care for Children at-Risk in Israel and in Spain: Current Lessons and Future Challenges |
| title_short | Out-of-Home Care for Children at-Risk in Israel and in Spain: Current Lessons and Future Challenges |
| title_sort | out of home care for children at risk in israel and in spain current lessons and future challenges |
| topic | Israel Spain Catalonia Children in care Residential care Foster care |
| url |
http://journals.copmadrid.org/pi/archivos/articulo20180323114713.pdf
|
| work_keys_str_mv | AT hanitakosher outofhomecareforchildrenatriskinisraelandinspaincurrentlessonsandfuturechallenges AT carmemontserrat outofhomecareforchildrenatriskinisraelandinspaincurrentlessonsandfuturechallenges AT shalhevetattarschwartz outofhomecareforchildrenatriskinisraelandinspaincurrentlessonsandfuturechallenges AT ferrancasas outofhomecareforchildrenatriskinisraelandinspaincurrentlessonsandfuturechallenges AT anatzeira outofhomecareforchildrenatriskinisraelandinspaincurrentlessonsandfuturechallenges |