doi.org/10.1017/S031289700001506X
Article type: Original Research
1 January 1983
Volume 8 Issue 4
doi.org/10.1017/S031289700001506X
Article type: Original Research
1 January 1983
Volume 8 Issue 4
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Family and Parenting Analogies in Australian Residential Child Care: A Time for Change
Patricia Hansen1
Frank Ainsworth2 
Affiliations
1 University of Western Australia, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Nedlands, Perth, Australia
2 Middlesex Polytechnic, Enfield, Middlesex, England
Contributions
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Patricia Hansen1
Frank Ainsworth2
Affiliations
1 University of Western Australia, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Nedlands, Perth, Australia
2 Middlesex Polytechnic, Enfield, Middlesex, England
CITATION: Hansen P., & Ainsworth F. (1983). Family and Parenting Analogies in Australian Residential Child Care: A Time for Change. Children Australia, 8(4), 452. doi.org/10.1017/S031289700001506X
Abstract
In Australia the family is often used as a model for provision of residential care for children. Associated with this model is an acceptance of the parent role as the appropriate one for residential child care workers. This article explores these ideas, outlining the positive and negative aspects of the family model and the parenting function. The alternative put forward is that of identifying residential child care personnel as child development workers.