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Kinship Care Webinar and Research

Webinar: Monday 20th November at 1.00-2.00pm

This webinar, hosted by CAREHub at the University of Edinburgh, will feature two brief presentations about our current research. The first presentation will discuss wellbeing in Kinship Care and present results from a recent research study. The second presentation will summarise what we know so far about Kinship Carer needs and discuss how we can support families further. Presentations will be followed by Q&A and discussion. We would love to hear your feedback!

Information and registration here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wellbeing-in-kinship-care-tickets-745996013157?aff=oddtdtcreator

We will also share information about the following research opportunities:

Motivation in Kinship Care

We recently completed a study on the reasons people take on the kinship caring role. As part of this we used a new questionnaire based on one that was developed in the United States for foster carers. We want to test how well the questionnaire works for UK kinship carers, and need lots of foster and kinship carers to do this. Please help us by completing this short survey anonymous survey!

Completion of the questionnaire should take approximately 5-10 minutes. For more information and to complete the survey, please click here: https://tinyurl.com/5n6ed7p3

This research study has been approved by The University of Edinburgh’s ethical committee and is being led by Sarah Jamieson, Educational Psychologist and PhD candidate. Please share the link above or the attached flyer with anyone that may be interested in participating, so we can hear from as many kinship carers as possible. If you have any questions or want to get in touch, please email Sarah.Jamieson@ed.ac.uk

Kinship VOICE Research study – Recruiting now

We are looking for kinship carers to complete an online survey. Here is what you need to know: 

  • The survey is anonymous and confidential 
  • We ask about your experiences of trauma, your kinship child’s wellbeing, and about the kinship placement 
  • The survey will take about 20 minutes to complete
  • Click here to complete the survey www.bit.ly/kinshipvoice

The Scottish Government recognises the importance of kinship carers and wants to ensure support that meets kinship carers’ needs. 

This research study has been approved by The University of Edinburgh’s ethical committee and is being led by Alice Calder, Trainee Clinical Psychologist. Please share the link above or the attached flyer with anyone that may be interested in participating, so we can hear from as many kinship carers as possible. If you have any questions or want to get in touch, please email  A.calder-3@sms.ed.ac.uk

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