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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777033803321

Autore

Brannen Julia

Titolo

Coming to care : the work and family lives of workers caring for vulnerable children / / Julia Brannen [and three others] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK : , : Policy Press, , 2007

ISBN

1-4473-0188-9

1-281-74167-1

9786611741679

1-84742-243-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

362.7120941

Soggetti

Child care workers - Great Britain

Child care services - Great Britain

Children - Institutional care - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Sep 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-241) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Setting the scene -- The study -- The origins of a care ethic in care workers' childhoods -- Entering care work with vulnerable children -- Care workers' careers and identities : change and continuity -- What do vulnerable children need? Understandings of care -- Experiences of care work -- Leavers, movers and stayers -- Managing care work and family life -- Conclusions and policy implications.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides fascinating insights into the factors that influence why people enter and leave care work, their motivations, understandings and experiences of their work and intersection of it with their family lives.