Kith and Kin
Kinship care for vulnerable young people
1st Edition
Published on 31. December 2001
63 pages
978-1-907969-10-2 (ISBN)
Description
This ebook asks the children and young people, their carers and social workers about kinship care. The book is suitable for all those working and interested in children and young people's foster care, family placement, residential care, adoption, family support and young people's welfare fields. It will be of particular interest to managers, practitioners, social welfare academics and students who are seeking to understand the experiences of young people making the transition to adulthood.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-907969-10-2 (9781907969102)
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Book
12/2001
National Children's Bureau
€29.16
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Persons
Previously Professor of Children and Families Research, and Director of the Children and Families Research Centre at De Montfort University, Bob Broad is a qualified teacher and social worker. He became a researcher following a lectureship on Social Work Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has undertaken, published and managed research in the fields of foster care, children leaving pubic care, kinship care, grandparenting and participation.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- Summary
- Findings
- Young people's views of kinship care
- Kinship carers' views
- Support for kinship care
- Policy/practice implications
- 1. Introducing kinship care
- The research study
- Policy background, research aims and methods
- 2. Characteristics of the young people, carers and placements
- Introduction
- 1 Descriptive data about the young people in the study
- 2 Descriptive data about the kinship carers in the study
- 3 Descriptive data about the placement
- 3: Young people's voices
- How the young people came to be in kinship care
- The advantages of kinship care
- The limits of kinship care
- Case studies
- 4: Kinship carers' views
- Impact on the wider family
- Impact on the carer
- Impact of kinship care on the young person
- Living in kinship care
- Reasons for carers' involvement with kinship care
- 5: Supporting kinship care
- The need for policy changes
- Support needed
- Support received
- 6: Discussion and recommendations
- Conclusion
- Further research
- Kinship care practice
- Kinship care policies
- Recommendations
- Discussion
- Introduction
- References
