Resulting from collaboration between leading academics and the national charity the Fostering Network, this book captures the debates on the provision of foster care in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This collection of papers offers critical comment on current governmental policy, reports on empirical research, and offers theoretical reflections on practice. The context for the policy and the debates is provided by a narrative that traces the origins of child care from the Elizabethan Poor Law, and asks questions about the provision of care in the future. Key themes covered in the chapters:Politics and policy - the ideological foundations of recent initiatives and the implications for the care of children and young peopleService delivery - public and private approaches to provision and the professionalization of foster careService users - the needs of children and young people and the barriers to their social inclusion on leaving careDiversity, identities and perspectives - kinship care, sexualities and the foster carer's perspective
Resulting from collaboration between leading academics and the national charity the Fostering Network, this book captures the debates on the provision of foster care in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This collection of papers offers critical comment on current governmental policy, reports on empirical research, and offers theoretical reflections on practice. The context for the policy and the debates is provided by a narrative that traces the origins of child care from the Elizabethan Poor Law, and asks questions about the provision of care in the future. Key themes covered in the chapters:Politics and policy - the ideological foundations of recent initiatives and the implications for the care of children and young peopleService delivery - public and private approaches to provision and the professionalization of foster careService users - the needs of children and young people and the barriers to their social inclusion on leaving careDiversity, identities and perspectives - kinship care, sexualities and the foster carer's perspective
The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its...
When Emma leaves home, she doesn't know what is about to happen.What is "foster care" and what will happen to Emma?This book traces the story of a little girl as she leaves in a car, goes to respite,...
Researchers, practitioners, journalists and politicians increasingly recognise that foster care throughout the world is in a state of crisis. There are more and more children needing care and, as...
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