Together or apart? An analysis of social workers' decision-making when considering the placement of siblings for adoption or foster care
Six social workers from one local authority were interviewed about sibling placement decisions. Thematic analysis examined attention to individual needs, possible effects of separation and the quality of sibling relationships. Decisions were also shaped by professional and system constraints, other people’s views and ways of processing information.
Limitations: These are professional accounts, not adoptee testimony or measured outcomes of sibling separation. Adoption and foster care are combined. One authority and six interviewees limit transferability; the abstract does not establish its regional recruitment details.
- Research type
- Doctoral thesis
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Age group
- Children
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Children
Adoption context: Mixed adoption pathways
Programme: Not recorded
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified from metadata reviewed. Funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited; this is not confirmation of institutional independence.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: Placement decisions, research methodology, siblings
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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