The Children of Looked After Children Outcomes, Experiences and Ensuring Meaningful Support to Young Parents In and Leaving Care

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Roberts, Louise (College teacher), author.

Contributor:

• Anthony, Rebecca, contributor.
• Long, Sara Jayne, contributor.
• Young, Honor, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Teenage parents--Services for.
• Children--Institutional care.
• Children of teenage mothers--Care--Great Britain.
• Teenage parents--Services for--Great Britain.
• Children--Institutional care--Great Britain.
• Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : POLICY PRESS, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Based on groundbreaking original research, this book provides a comprehensive account of the issues surrounding pregnancy and parenthood for young people in and leaving care. Featuring the voices of care-experienced parents, together with reflections from practitioners, it offers valuable insights into the issues facing this group. Using qualitative data to explore why parenthood is such an important issue for young people in and leaving care, this book shows what can be learned from their experiences in order to improve outcomes for parents and children in the future. The author highlights the practical and emotional needs of care-experienced parents and gives clear advice for practitioners on how these needs might be better addressed through summary points, practice guidance and recommendations for policy and practice.

Contents:

• Front Matter
• Contents
• List of tables
• About the author and contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Early pregnancy risk and missed opportunities to plan for parenthood
• Outcomes for parents in and leaving care: parenting 'success' and corporate parenting failure
• Professional perspectives: assessing parenting potential and managing dual responsibilities
• The experiences of parents: hopes, anxieties and reflections
• Responding to diverse needs: support availability, sustainability and acceptability
• Conclusion: if this were my child
• References
• Index

Notes:

• Description based on print version record.
• This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

ISBN:

1-4473-5429-X

OCLC:

1243545791

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access