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Title Residential child care : prospects and challenges / edited by Andrew Kendrick
Published London : Jessica Kingsley, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (248 pages)
Series Research highlights in social work ; 47
Research highlights in social work ; 47.
Contents Introduction: Residential child care / Andrew Kendrick -- Could do better! Supporting the education of looked-after children / Joe Francis -- The health of looked-after children in residential care / Jane Scott, Harriet Ward, Malcolm Hill -- Mental health and children and young people in residential care / Michael van Beinum -- The concept of resilience : messages for residential child care / Brigid Daniel -- Young people leaving residential care : experiences and outcomes / Jo Dixon -- Gender matters in residential child care / Teresa O'Neill -- Disabled children in residential settings / Kirsten Stalker -- Black and minority ethnic children and young people in residential care / Andrew Kendrick -- Prioritising young people's concerns in residential care : responding to peer violence / Christine Barter -- Hold on : physical restraint in residential child care / Laura Steckley, Andrew Kendrick -- Blurring the boundaries : the relationship between secure accommodation and 'alternatives' in Scotland / Aileen Barclay, Lynne Hunter -- Children's voices, children's rights / Ruth Emond -- Therapeutic approaches in residential child care / Irene Stevens, Judy Furnivall -- Staffing, training and recruitment : outcomes for young people in residential care in three countries / Claire Cameron, Janet Boddy -- Leadership, structure and culture in residential child care / Roger Bullock
Summary "Residential Child Care draws on the latest research to offer guidance for developing best practice, policy and improved outcomes for children and young people. Contributors examine important aspects of residential care work, and address the concerns about the poor outcomes for young people leaving care and the role of residential child care as a positive choice within the range of care services. Key issues addressed include promoting well-being and development for young people; tackling potential discrimination in residential policy and practice; responding to areas of discord in residential child care; and underpinning themes relating to residential child care, such as staff development and support. This book will provide essential reading for policy makers, managers and practitioners in residential care and the social services, and students in the field"--EBL
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Children -- Institutional care -- Great Britain
Child Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
Children -- Institutional care
Child welfare.
Educational: Citizenship & social education.
Social work.
Educational strategies & policy.
Parenting: advice & issues.
Society.
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
Author Kendrick, Andrew.
ISBN 9781846426834
1846426839
1843105268
9781843105268