O'Brien, ValerieValerieO'Brien2012-04-102012-04-101999 Ashga1999978-1-85742-410-2http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3561The place of relative /kinship care in the Irish child welfare system is presented. The central tenets of the ‘fifth province model’, which underpins the study are briefly explained. A typology of relative /kinship care networks is presented and discussed. The implications of the different categories in terms of the case management implications are discussed briefly.181760 bytesapplication/mswordenDetails of the definitive version are available at http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781857424102Fifith ProvinceKinshipConceptual frameworkIrelandSystemicKinship care--IrelandChild welfare--IrelandBook Chapterhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/