Residential child care : international perpectives on links with families and peers / edited by Mono Chakrabarti and Malcolm Hill.

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000.Description: 176 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

1853026875 (alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

362.730941 CHA

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	362.730941 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002000207895

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Children have a much higher chance of permanently leaving care if they have strong and positive family and peer group relationships. Reflecting current political and policy priorities, Residential Child Care focuses on new developments designed to promote these family and network relationships. The book examines both care policies and individual schemes which involve families and other network members in the planning and care of children looked after in residential units or children's homes. The book provides guidelines on how to broaden the focus of residential care from staff - children relationships within the institution to more diffuse social networks of family and peers and outlines the principles which underpin the new emphasis on external social contacts.

Including examples of innovatory ideas and good practice from abroad, Residential Child Care shows why encouraging families to maintain an active role in the welfare of their children in care is important. The book explores the implications for child welfare systems as well as individual establishments, managers and practitioners.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface (p. 7)
1 The residential child care context (p. 9)
2 Inclusiveness in residential child care (p. 31)
3 Meeting children's needs through integrated practice in Perth and Kinross (p. 67)
4 Partners in parenting: Safe reunification (p. 81)
5 Parental responses to a complementary model for residential care (p. 93)
6 Residential treatment: A resource for families (p. 101)
7 The family group home in Israel (p. 109)
8 Family reconstitution and the implications for group care workers: An American perspective (p. 117)
9 Role of siblings in relation to children in residential care (p. 125)
10 Peer groups: A neglected resource (p. 141)
11 Conclusion: Perspectives in residential child care (p. 157)
The contributors (p. 165)
Subject index (p. 167)
Author index (p. 173)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Mono Chakrabarti is Professor of Social Work at the University of Strathclyde. He has published in the fields of comparative social policy, community care and anti-racism. Malcolm Hill is Professor of Social Work and Director of the Centre for the Child and Society, University of Glasgow. He has published in the fields of child welfare, children's issues and family policy, and has edited a number of books for Jessica Kingsley Publishers.