Child Welfare Services

Developments in Law, Policy, Practice and Research
Herausgeber: Aldgate, Jane; Hill, Malcolm

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Produktbeschreibung

The contributors to this book provide a comprehensive review of child care policy and practice. They present evaluations and critiques of new or impending legislation and policies, and describe innovative services for children and young people who are deemed to be in need of protection, care or control.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 158mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 4300g
• ISBN-13: 9781853023163
• ISBN-10: 1853023167
• Artikelnr.: 23588364

Autorenporträt

Malcolm Hill is Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Deputy Director of the Centre for the Study if the Child and Society at the University of Glasgow. Jane Aldgate OBE is Professor Emerita at the Open University and Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. PART I: Developments in Law
Policy and Related Research. 1. The Children Act 1989 and Recent Developments in Research in England and Wales
Malcolm Hill
University of Glasgow and Jane Aldgate
University of Leicester. From the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 to the Children (Scotland) Act 1995: Pressures for Change
Kay Tisdall
University of Glasgow. 3. The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995: Prospects for Progress?
Greg Kelly
Queen's University
Belfast and John Pinkerton
Queen's University
Belfast. 4. Irish Child Care Services in the 1990s: The Child Care Act 1991 and other Developments
Robbie Gilligan
Trinity College
Dublin. 5. Children
Crime and Society
Stewart Asquith
University of Glasgow. 6. Children and Young People's Participation in Decision Making: The Legal Framework in Social Services and Education
Ruth Sinclair
National Children's Bureau. PART II: Child Protection. 7. The Legal and Social Construction of Significant Harm
Pauline Hardiker
University of Leicester. 8. Families'
Social Workers' and Police Perspectives on Child Abuse Investigations
Lorraine Waterhouse
University of Edinburgh and Janice McGhee
University of Edinburgh. 9. Partnership-based Practice in Child Protection Work
June Thoburn
University of East Anglia
Ann Lewis
University of East Anglia and David Shemmings
University of East Anglia. PART III: The Continuum of Out-of-home Care. 10. Respite Accommodation: A Case Study of Partnership under the Children Act 1989
Jane Aldgate
University of Leicester
Marie Bradley
University of Leicester and David Hawley
University of Leicester. 11. Short-term Foster Care
Clive Sellick
University of East Anglia. 12. Children's Perspectives on Long-term Foster Care
Colette McAuley
Queen's University of Belfast. 13. Residential Child Care in England and Wales: The Inquiries and After
David Berridge
University of Luton and Isabelle Brodie
University of Luton. 14. Adoption in England and Wales: Current Issues and Future Trends
Murray Ryburn
University of Birmingham. 15. Adolescents Leaving Care or Leaving Home and Child Care Provision in Ireland and the UK: A Critical View
Eoin O' Sullivan
Trinity College
Dublin. PART IV: Evaluation and Outcomes. 16. Consulting Service Users: The Views of Young People
Isobel Freeman
Strathclyde Social Work Department
Alex Morrison
Strathclyde Social Work Department
Fional Lockhart
Strathclyde Social Work Department and Moira Swanson
Strathclyde Social Work Department. 17. Constructing and Implementing Measures to Assess the Outcomes of Looking after Children away from Home
Harriet Ward
Dartington Social Research Unit. 18. Outcomes of Social Work Intervention with Young People
Malcolm Hill
University of Glasgow
John Triseliotis
University of Edinburgh
Moira Borland
University of Glasgow and Lydia Lambert
University of Edinburgh. The Contributors. Index.