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Fostering unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people: creating a family life across a world of difference
- Authors:
- WADE Jim, et al
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 331p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people form a small but significant part of the UK looked after children population. This research study details and examines the results of a census survey of four disparate local authorities, collectively looking after over 2000 unaccompanied young people. The circumstances and needs of these young people are complex and as a group they require careful and sensitive assessment, planning and placement. Foster carers are at the heart of this task, providing family care against a background of uncertainty, anxiety and potential risk. The study examined: how these young people and foster carers build relationships; how local authorities address the challenge of caring for unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people; and whether their actions result in successful integration into UK society of these young people, or continuing problems. Postal surveys and interviews were undertaken with a number of foster carers (23 interviews) and young people (21 interviews) to understand their experiences in placements, and a policy and practice study included focus groups to gather the views of social workers (n=31), young people (n=19) and key stakeholders. The results of the study revealed ongoing changes in the way in which unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people are looked after and the main features of the fostering task, insights into how young people and foster carers felt about their placements, and key implications for policy and practice.
Special guardianship in practice
- Authors:
- WADE Jim, DIXON Jo, RICHARDS Andrew
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 229p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Adoption and Children Act 2002 introduced an important new permanence option for children, from early 2006, in the form of special guardianship. A special guardian is invested with a high degree of day-to-day parental control, although the child’s relationship with their birth parent is not legally severed. Four years on, the numbers of special guardianship applications have risen steadily and look set to increase. This book describes these new provisions and provides a critical assessment of the implementation of special guardianship in eight local authority areas. The research design comprised: document analysis; key informant interviews; a survey of special guardianship applicants and their social workers; and case study interviews with special guardians and, where feasible, their children. The study examined how local authorities have responded to special guardianship and considers the policy and practice implications that have arisen in the first two years of implementation. It describes how it is being used through an analysis of the characteristics, circumstances and motivations of those applying and of the children concerned. It also identifies some of the key challenges that have arisen, assesses take-up, describes the experiences of carers and children, and considers what may need to happen to make special guardianship work successfully for families. This book considers significant emerging issues and offers useful insights and messages for policy and practice.
The child placement handbook: research, policy and practice
- Editors:
- SCHOFIELD Gillian, SIMMONDS John, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 480p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication brings together much of what has been learnt about what works in child placement policy, for whom and why. It features essays from experts in all areas of child placement.
The emotional well-being of unaccompanied young people seeking asylum in the UK
- Authors:
- CHASE Elaine, KNIGHT Abigail, STATHAM June
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 146p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents findings from an in-depth study of the perspectives and experiences of children and young people arriving unaccompanied to seek asylum in the UK. The research, conducted by the Thomas Coram Research Unit and supported by the Department of Health, is based on conversations with 54 young people from 18 countries, supplemented by interviews with key professionals with expertise and knowledge of working with this group. The young participants speak movingly about their journeys and the shock of arriving in the UK, about being in care and about their experiences of a range of health, education, social care, immigration and legal services. Implications for policy and practice are listed at the end of each chapter. This study is essential reading for social workers, foster carers, asylum teams and all those who support and care for young people seeking refuge in the UK.