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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453083803321

Titolo

The pursuit of permanence [[electronic resource] ] : a study of the English care system / / Ian Sinclair ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : JKP, 2007

ISBN

1-281-78178-9

9786611781781

1-84642-742-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Collana

Quality matters in children's services

Altri autori (Persone)

SinclairIan <1938->

Disciplina

362.71/20941

Soggetti

Children - Services for - Great Britain

Social service - Great Britain

Foster home care - Great Britain

Foster children - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-311) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

FRONT COVER; The Pursuit of Permanence;  A Study of the English Care System; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; 1. Introduction; 2. Who is Looked After? The Children's Characteristics; 3. Who is Looked After? The Children's Families, Wishes and Behaviour; 4. Groups of Children and Their Chance of Permanence; 5. Admissions and Discharges; 6. The Children and Their Different Paths in Care; 7. Going Home and Leaving Care: The Case Studies; 8. Placements: How They are Used; 9. Placements: How One Leads to Another; 10. Children Based in Care; 11. Children and Outcomes; 12. Placements and Outcomes

13. Carers, Homes and Outcomes 14. Teams and Outcomes; 15. Councils and Outcomes; 16. An Overview; APPENDIX I: REPRESENTATIVENESS OF STUDY SAMPLES; APPENDIX II: ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL DATA; APPENDIX III: MONITORING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX;

Sommario/riassunto

Children in public care complain that they have too many placements. Professionals agree but little is known about the reasons for this instability or how it affects different groups of children. The Pursuit of



Permanence explores this core issue for children's services. Based on the largest study of the English care system in recent years, the book examines the children (what they need and what they want), their movements into, out of and within the care system, the nature and quality of their placements and the outcomes (whether the children are settled or happy). It analyses the reasons for