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Residential child care : prospects and challenges / edited by Andrew Kendrick.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Research highlights in social work ; 47.
- Research highlights in social work ; 47
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Institutional care--Great Britain.
- Children.
- Public welfare--Great Britain.
- Public welfare.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Jessica Kingsley, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Residential Child Care draws on the latest research to offer guidance for developing best practice, policy and improved outcomes for children and young people. Contributors examine important aspects of residential care work, and address the concerns about the poor outcomes for young people leaving care and the role of residential child care as a positive choice within the range of care services. Key issues addressed include promoting well-being and development for young people; tackling potential discrimination in residential policy and practice; responding to areas of discord in residential
- Contents:
- FRONT COVER; Residential Child Care: Prospects and Challenges; Contents; 1. Introduction: Residential Child Care; Part One Promoting Well-being and Development; 2. Could Do Better!: Supporting the Education of Looked-after Children; 3. The Health of Looked-after Children in Residential Care; 4. Mental Health and Children and Young People in Residential Care; 5. The Concept of Resilience: Messages for Residential Child Care; 6. Young People Leaving Residential Care: Experiences and Outcomes; Part Two Addressing Issues of Discrimination; 7. Gender Matters in Residential Child Care
- 8. Disabled Children in Residential Settings 9. Black and Minority Ethnic Children and Young People in Residential Care; Part Three Conflict and Response; 10. Prioritizing Young People's Concerns in Residential Care: Responding to Peer Violence; 11. Hold On: Physical Restraint in Residential Child Care; 12. Blurring the Boundaries: The Relationship between Secure Accommodation and 'Alternatives' in Scotland; Part Four Context
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786611143282
- 9781281143280
- 1281143286
- 9781846426834
- 1846426839
- OCLC:
- 476145414
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