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Adopting a new path
- Author:
- SANDERS Daphne
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, July 2011, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
A UK practitioner shares her experience of children and families social work in the city of Dzerzhinsk in Russia. The article highlights how social work practice and fostering and adoption arrangements differ from the UK.
Revising the National Minimum Standards (NMS) for adoption, children’s homes and fostering: consultation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This consultation document seeks views on the proposed revisions to the national minimum standards (NMS) for adoption, children's homes and fostering and asks for comments on how to improve the standards further.
Regulations governing fostering services, children's homes providers and adoption and fostering panels and statutory guidance on children's homes and fostering
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Consultation on regulations governing Fostering Services, Children’s Homes Providers and Adoption and Fostering Panels and Statutory Guidance on Children’s Homes received during the period 27 August and 19 November 2010. The document also summarises the responses to individual questions; provides a sample of quotes from respondents and sets out the intended next steps for the programme.
Not forgotten
- Authors:
- MICKEL Andrew, REVANS Lauren
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.5.09, 2009, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
To mark Channel 4's 'Britain's Forgotten Children' season, the author interviews two key figures in the programmes about children in care. David Akinsanya talks about his experiences of being in care and working with potential adopters and Ariel Bruce talks about her role in helping people uncover their past.
Adoption of children and the contribution of the Osu Children's Home in Ghana
- Author:
- AKPALU Delali A.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 29(8), August 2007, pp.1070-1084.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The purpose of the paper is to explore the adoption of children and the contribution of the Osu Children's Home. Using information obtained from questionnaires completed by social workers as well as interviews conducted with the Director of the Department, the Supervisor of the Home and the Senior Development officer, the main objectives of adoption are discussed. The study revealed that this includes providing abandoned, orphaned and neglected children with new parents and/or homes. The adoption procedures entail the purchase and filling of an application form as well as the submission of this form together with a medical form to the Director of the Department. The difficulties encountered in adoption include the unavailability of children and financial problems. It is concluded that adoption results in the provision of new parents, families and homes for abandoned, orphaned, abused and neglected children.
Journal of Public Child Welfare
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The Journal of Public Child Welfare presents quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods theory-based or applied research, cogent reviews of the literature, policy analyses, and program evaluation articles about child welfare. Topics include: child protective services; child maltreatment; foster care; adoption; recruitment/preparation/retention of foster/adoptive parents; family team
Looking after children without parents and encouraging their social integration: a Latvian perspective
- Authors:
- JURGENA Inese, MIKANINIS Zigurds
- Journal article citation:
- Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 4(2), August 2005, pp.43-52.
- Publisher:
- Department of Social Work. University of Strathclyde.
This article identifies some of the factors involved in the alienation of families and children, leaving them in danger of social isolation. It then discusses some of the issues concerning the integration of 'orphans' and children left without parental care, in alternative forms of social care, mainly in guardian families, foster families, and adoptive families. It aims to create a better understanding of the importance of the social integration of children into the life of Latvian society, and the role that alternative forms of social care may have to play in this process.
Caring for deprived children in Japan
- Authors:
- IWASAKI Kozo, TOZAWA Akira, MOTOMURA Makoto
- Journal article citation:
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 15(2), December 2005, pp.5-17.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article describes the background of child care services in Japan and the current situation of various child care settings focusing on treatment for the deprived children. In this article the term 'child care' refers to 'out-of-home' care for children.
Ex-institutional children: a follow-up study to age 16
- Authors:
- TIZARD Barbara, HODGES Jill
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 14(1), 1990, pp.17-20.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Describes a follow-up study to age 16 Ex-institutional children.
Hard to place: the outcome of adoption and residential care
- Authors:
- TRISELIOTIS John, RUSSELL James
- Publisher:
- Heinemann Educational
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 228p.,bibliog.,tabls.
- Place of publication:
- London