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–social care servicesTerm not used for indexing
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+adoption
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access to birth records
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adoption agencies
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inter-country adoption
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(279)
open adoption
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post adoption services
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transracial adoption
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adult protectionUse in relation to adult focused services
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(397)
+after careCare of former residents of residential facilities.
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rehabilitation
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+child protection services
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custodianshipUse for the legal category introduced by the now repealed Children Act 1975, a halfway stage between fostering a child long-term and adoption that child. Custodianship has now disappeared.
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investigationsUse for child abuse investigations. For actual public inquiries, use public inquiries.
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Childrens TrustsChildren's Trusts bring together all services for children and young people in a local area. They aim to improve inter-agency co-operation between children's services and professionals. Established by the Children Act 2004.
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+community careSocial care and treatments to patients/clients outside hospital with an identified physical or mental illness or disability.
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community care plansThree year plans produced by social services departments covering community care provision in their area. A requirement under National Health Service and Community Care Act.
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meal services
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outreach servicesCommunity-based service providing support to people in the community.
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+counselling
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bereavement counselling
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child guidanceService for school-age children with emotional, behavioural or educational problems.
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counsellors
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helplines
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+day careUse for day care of adults, including specialist day care services and day facilities.
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+day centres
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drop-in centres
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+family supportUse for services aiming to relieve stress and to promote the welfare of children.
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family centres
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(169)
+foster care
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foster carers
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kinship care
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(329)
private foster care
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(99)
transracial foster care
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(46)
holistic care
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(248)
+home care
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home help
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informal careUse for general discussions of informal care rather than aspects relating to carers specifically.
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(649)
leaving care
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long stay careUse for long stay residential care or hospital care.
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long term careUse for provision of care services.
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+mediationBringing people with a dispute together in the presence of a neutral third party to assist them in reaching an agreement.
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family mediationA non-adversarial method of helping divorcing or separated couples make decisions about the custody of children, issues of access and parenting, property and maintenance.
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+mentoring
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befriending schemes
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+multi-disciplinary servicesUse for services where a group of professional staff from different disciplines, who have undertaken different forms of professional training, are working together.
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integrated servicesUse where multi-disciplinary and inter-organisational staff work together as a distinct team to provide services targeted at multi-dimensional needs and problems eg social care, health, housing, education.
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+placement
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adult family placementUse for schemes where carers have someone with a learning disability or mental health problem to live as part of their family. This includes shared lives schemes.
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concurrent planningUse for the child care placement practice which involves two plans for the child running at the same time, as a means of aiding permanent placement.
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long term placement
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permanency planningPlanning the provision of a secure permanent home for a child looked after by a local authority.
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placement disruption
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(233)
+residential careCare of those living in an institution, home or hostel provided by local authority, social services committee, voluntary organisation or privately.
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admission to care
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+care homesUse for general discussions of care homes and when the nature of the home ie whether it is residential or nursing is not specified.
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nursing homes
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(1348)
older peoples homes
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(1430)
residential child care
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(2011)
respite careShort term care provided by day or residential centre or by a family which is as much for the benefit of the carers as for the person concerned.
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(546)
self careUse for the care taken by individuals towards their own health and well being.
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(236)
short term care
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(33)
+social care provision
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access to services
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(2400)
service closure
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(161)
service uptake
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(668)
waiting lists
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transitional services
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