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Can the corporate state parent?
- Authors:
- BULLOCK Roger, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 28(11), November 2006, pp.1344-1358.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Discussions about provision for children in the care of the state have continually raised the question, can the corporate state parent? This question is considered in the light of recent studies of separated children. It is argued that while the state does not need to fulfil all parenting responsibilities when care is shared with families or children are adopted, for three groups of children parenting issues are especially salient. They are: children in kinship care, in long-term foster family care and young people who are seriously troubled and troublesome. Research that would produce relevant information and recommendations to improve the state's parenting is suggested.
A historical review of the concept of severe and multiple disadvantage and responses to it
- Authors:
- PARKER Roy, BULLOCK Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 41(4), 2017, pp.307-330.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Roy Parker, who died in January 2017, was one of the first researchers to study foster care and adoption and was Chair of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF – now CoramBAAF) for six years from 1980. One of his last projects was a historical review of the concept of severe and multiple disadvantage and responses to it. At a time when 13.5 million people, including 30% of the UK’s children, are living in poverty (Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2016) we publish it to mark his enormous contribution to the welfare of disadvantaged children and families. (Publisher abstract)
Can we plan services for children in foster care? Or do we just have to cope with what comes through the door?
- Author:
- BULLOCK Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work and Society: International Online Journal, 14(2), 2016, Online only
- Publisher:
- University of Bielefeld
To what extent is it possible to plan ahead for children coming into care? How can we ensure that there are enough foster homes available for new entrants and that the range of facilities is sufficiently wide to meet all of their different needs? There are several possible approaches. We can wait and see what comes through the door and try to respond as best we can. Or, we can construct a range of services and try to fit the children into them. These strategies might be enough to contain the problem but will almost certainly lead to frustration, dissatisfaction and instability. So what else can be done? The Dartington Social Research Unit in England has developed a methodology to achieve a better match between the foster care that is provided and the needs of the children. It is called Matching Needs and Services (MNS). (Publisher abstract)
The dissemination of research findings in children's services: issues and strategies
- Author:
- BULLOCK Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 30(1), Spring 2006, pp.18-28.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The author discusses a number of issues that need to be addressed if social research in the United Kingdom, in relation to children's services, is to be as influential as it might be. The author considers the questions of how social policy develops and how professional practice develops and how they impact on research dissemination. He then discusses four other challenges facing social researchers in light of the changing nature of children's services, new technology and the activities of a voluntary UK organisation concerned with adoption and fostering. The four challenges discussed are: the changing nature of the audience; models of social dissemination; improving the relationship between research, policy and practice and the role of service users. Recommendations to improve the relationship between research, policy and practice are made.
Access to children in care: practitioners' views
- Authors:
- BULLOCK Roger, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Bristol. School of Applied Social Studies
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 63p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Research paper which places access issues in context and looks at access developments in the 1980's. Parental access and pre-reception planning, access and the first few weeks in care, and access for long-stay care are examined. Access and types of placement, including fostering, is dealt with. Concludes with a suggested code of practice.
Can the corporate state parent?
- Authors:
- BULLOCK Roger, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 30(4), Winter 2006, pp.6-19.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The authors consider the question of whether the corporate state can parent in the light of recent studies of separated children. It is argued that while the state does not need to fulfil all parenting responsibilities when care is shared with families or children are adopted, for three groups of children parenting issues are especially salient. They are: children in kinship care, in long-term foster family care and young people who are seriously troubled and troublesome. Research that would produce relevant information and recommendations to improve the state's parenting is suggested.