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Coming to care : the work and family lives of workers caring for vulnerable children / Julia Brannen ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brannen, Julia, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child care workers--Great Britain.
- Child care workers.
- Child care services--Great Britain.
- Child care services.
- Children--Institutional care--Great Britain.
- Children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Sep 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-241) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611741679
- 9781447301882
- 1447301889
- 9781281741677
- 1281741671
- 9781847422439
- 1847422438
- OCLC:
- 476249604
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