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This book focuses on children's journeys through the care system,
from voluntary admission into care, through complicated and often
long court proceedings, in pursuit of Care or Freeing Orders.
Problems that arise from taking cases through the courts are
examined, together with tensions that may arise between judicial
and social work decision-making.
The Child's Journey Through Care discusses in
full:
the emotional and behavioural problems of looked-after children
and elaborates on care-planning and helping strategies;
children's rights whilst in State care and their participation
in decision-making about their future, including preparation for
appearances in court;
the importance and ways of building new attachments and
relationships with substitute carers, with emphases on resilience
and children's strengths;
pitfalls and successes when seeking permanency of care and
emotional stability.
The book also includes considerations of the European Convention
of Human Rights (1998) and describes many of the dilemmas arising
in meeting the rights of children and parents, without jeopardising
the welfare of either. The importance of openness, consideration,
and straightforward dealings with parents is given due emphasis,
especially where preparations for taking cases to court are
involved.
The Child's Journey Through Care will be a valuable
source of information for field and residential workers, social
work supervisors, resource managers, policy makers, and those
working in the legal profession.
Autorentext
Professor Dorota Iwaniec is Director of the Institute of
Childcare Research at Queen's University, Belfast. She is a
world-renowned expert on childcare and emotional abuse and is the
author of several books, including three published by Wiley.
Zusammenfassung
This book focuses on children's journeys through the care system, from voluntary admission into care, through complicated and often long court proceedings, in pursuit of Care or Freeing Orders. Problems that arise from taking cases through the courts are examined, together with tensions that may arise between judicial and social work decision-making.
The Child's Journey Through Care discusses in full:
The Child's Journey Through Care will be a valuable source of information for field and residential workers, social work supervisors, resource managers, policy makers, and those working in the legal profession.
Inhalt
List of Illustrations xi
About the Contributors xiii
Preface xvii
Editor's Acknowledgements xix
Part I The Need for a Good Start in Life: Attachment, Bonding, and Children's Rights 1
1 Introduction: An Overview of Children in Public Care 3
Dorota Iwaniec
Introduction 3
Problems and Dilemmas with Fostering and Residential Care 5
Looked-after Children in the United Kingdom 8
Abuse of Children in Care 10
The Purpose and Organisation of the Book 11
References 14
2 Ordinary Children in Extraordinary Circumstances 17
Jane Aldgate
Introduction 17
Children in Need 17
Recent Child-development Thinking 18
The Ecological Perspective 19
Recognising the Uniqueness of Individual Children 20
The Well-ness Approach 21
Resilience and Strengths 21
An Optimistic View of Child Development 22
Children as Actors in their Own Development 23
Aspects of Children's Development of Special Relevance to
Looked-after Children 24
Children's Attachments 24
What Is Attachment? 25
Children and Multiple Attachments 26
Continuities and Discontinuities of Working Models 27
The Impact of Loss on Children's Development 28
Counteracting the Impact of Loss and Separation with Contact and Connectedness 30
Attachments and Socio-genealogical Connectedness 31
Counteracting the Impact of Separation with Stability 32
A Permanency Planning Approach 33
What Can Help Promote Children's Development in Practice? 33
References 35
3 The Importance of Developing Emotional Bonds between Parents and Children 41
Emma Larkin
Introduction 41
What Is Bonding? 41
Bonding and Attachment 43
What Influences the Bonding Process? 44
The Bonding Process and Care Careers 48
Facilitating the Bonding Process for Alternative Care-providers 53
Summary 54
References 55
4 Children in Alternative Care: Are their Rights Being Met? 61
Rosemary Kilpatrick
Introduction 61
Children's Rights 62
Articles Associated with Alternative Care 63
Processes Leading to Care Orders 65
Care Orders 66
Foster Care 67
Residential Care 69
Secure Accommodation 71
Conclusion 73
Acknowledgements 75
Notes 75
References 75
Part II Pathways to Permanency 79
5 Outcomes of Long-term Foster Care: Young People's Views 81
Colette McAuley
Introduction 81
Improving Outcomes for Looked-after Children 82
Outcomes of Long-term Foster Care 83
Children's Rights and Researching Children's Views 84
The Pathways and Outcomes Study 85
Interviews with the Young People: Key Messages 86
Implications for Policy and Practice 92
Conclusion 93
References 94
6 Kinship Care as a Route to Permanent Placement 99
Una Lernihan and Greg Kelly
Introduction 99
Children Cared For by the Kinship and Traditional Foster Parents 100
The Placement of Children in Kinship Foster Care 102
The Motivation of Kinship Carers 102
Contact between the Children and their Birth-families 104
Contact with Birth-fathers 105
Kinship Foster Carers and Contact 105
Relationship between Birth-mother and Fostering Household 106
Care Plans 108
Adoption 109
Residence Orders 109
Conclusion 110
References 112
7 Exploring Regional Trends in Pathways to Permanency 113
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