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The pursuit of permanence : a study of the English care system / Ian Sinclair ... [and others].
LIBRA HV245 .P976 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Quality matters in children's services
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Services for--Great Britain.
- Children.
- Children--Services for.
- Foster children.
- Great Britain.
- Social service--Great Britain.
- Social service.
- Foster home care--Great Britain.
- Foster home care.
- Foster children--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : JKP, 2007.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Who is looked after? the children's characteristics
- Who is looked after? the children's families, wishes and behaviour
- Groups of children and their chance of permanence
- Admissions and discharges
- The children and their different paths in care
- Going home and leaving care : the case studies
- Placements : how they are used
- Placements : how one leads to another
- Children based in care
- Children and outcomes
- Placements and outcomes
- Carers, homes and outcomes
- Teams and outcomes
- Councils and outcomes
- An overview.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-311) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781843105954
- 1843105950
- OCLC:
- 137325082
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