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Recruiting Out-of-Home Caregivers for Children with an Intellectual Disability in the Shared Family Care Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Jill Volard ,
Christine Baxter  and
Cliff da Costa
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Abstract

Recruiting caregivers for children with an intellectual disability who require out-of-home respite or longer-term care is a problem which has challenged service providers for many years. This paper summarises findings of a recent evaluation of Shared Family Care, a foster care program in Victoria for children with intellectual disabilities/developmental delay. Current recruiting is not succeeding in meeting the demand for either respite, short term or long term care. Findings of the evaluation suggest that factors such as use of appropriate media, and running effective recruitment campaigns is only part of the answer. It is also important at every stage to address caregiver satisfaction with the job and employ strategies to find potential caregivers in the community.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , 1993 , pp. 23 - 27
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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