Challenges Faced by Children in Institutional Care: A Case Study of Child Future Africa Children’s Home, Mount Darwin District
- Author
- Magora , Takudzwanashe
- Title
- Challenges Faced by Children in Institutional Care: A Case Study of Child Future Africa Children’s Home, Mount Darwin District
- Abstract
- Institutional care is intended to meet an individual's functional, medical, and personal needs, particularly those of vulnerable children. However, it also has ramifications for the children's social, mental, and physical well-being. The problems and copying strategies of children in institutional care were investigated in this study. The study used a case study design with in-depth interviews to collect data. A sample size of nine children and four key informants was used to collect data. According to the findings of this study, children suffer from psychological trauma, abuse, a lack of adequate food, a lack of parental care, a lack of juvenile court orders, and a lack of birth certificates. According to the study, institutional care facilities should adopt a family setting for children to learn Unhu/Ubuntu in order for them to be reintegrated into society. Institutions should hire a number of professionals to monitor children's development as well as their psychosocial well-being. The government should increase social welfare assistance to orphan care families. To avoid developmental delays and traumas experienced in institutional care facilities, it should also encourage fostering and adoption, as well as rapid reintegration with families and relatives.
- Date
- 2023
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Institutional Care
- Challanges
- Supervisor
- Mr Jaji
- Item sets
- Department of Social Work
