親屬寄養之迷思：家族責任抑或國家分擔

The Myth of Kinship Foster Care in Taiwan: Kin's Responsibility or Shared Responsibility by the State

余漢儀(Hon-Yei Annie Yu)

《社會政策與社會工作學刊》 9卷2期 (2005/09) Pp. 1-30

https://doi.org/10.6785/SPSW.200509.0001

摘要

當家庭發生變故時，延伸家庭的成員往往替代父母承擔照護孩童的角色。在美國「親屬照顧」被兒福體系吸納成為親屬寄養是近年兒童福利的重要議題；反觀台灣，在實務上多將此支持體系視為民間資源，並未將之納入正式兒童福利體系，予以補助成為「親屬寄養照護」。為揭露此自然支持體系與政府兒童福利體系交會時的動態過程，筆者蒐集各縣市社政單位及民間家庭寄養服務承辦人員之問卷調查、及雙方資深社工員座談資料，以瞭解各縣市政府如何看待親屬照護的政策及其影響因素。再透過親屬寄養家庭的焦點團體，由案主觀點來剖析親屬寄養的利弊及其在實務輸送上之意涵，也特別探討親屬寄養對受虐孩童的適用性。

關鍵字

寄養照護 ； 親屬寄養 ； 受虐兒童 ； 兒童保護

並列摘要

It has been a common practice even in the U.S. that the extended family substitutes the care role of parents at the time of family crisis. Nevertheless, it was not, long ago that the U.S. child welfare system transformed the kinship care into formal foster care for children, also a hot issue in child welfare. In Taiwan, kinship care is still regarded as private practice, and is hardly subsidized by the formal child welfare system. In order to explore the interface of this natural support and public child welfare system, survey and panel discussion of practitioners were conducted to uncover the local governmental polices. Focus group of kin caregivers helped to analyze the pros and cons of kinship foster care and its practice implication from the perspective of service users. For maltreated children, special attention has been taken to see the fitness of kinship foster care.

並列關鍵字

Foster care ； kinship foster care ； abused children ； child protection

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