Organizational Idiocultures in Residential Group Care – Key Results from the Study

Equit, Claudia; Finckh, Antonia; Thomas, Elisabeth

Abstract

This chapter presents an overview of the aims and methodological design as well as crucial findings of the study “Participation in Child Residential Childcare” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)1, and led by Claudia Equit in collaboration with Antonia Finckh, Julia Ganterer, and Elisabeth Thomas. The qualitative study with a broad sample examines the organizational requirements and conditions necessary to implement and safeguard the participation rights of children and young people in residential group care. The chapter introduces the topic of participation rights in out-of-home care. The aims of the study are discussed against the backdrop of gaps and results of the professional discourse. A deep insight into the methodology of the study is given. Significant findings are highlighted.