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200 04$aThe pursuit of permanence $ea study of the English care system /$fIan Sinclair ... [et al.]
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aLondon ;$aPhiladelphia $cJKP$d2007
215   $a1 online resource (322 p.)
225 1 $aQuality matters in children's services
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-84310-595-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 309-311) and indexes.
327   $aFRONT 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
327   $a13. 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;
330   $aChildren 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
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