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Ringing the changes
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.7.96, 1996, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author reports on the declining number of foster carers putting the service under threat, and describes moves afoot to tackle the problem.
Adopting a solution
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 29.10.92, 1992, p.12.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
The adoption law review appears to have lived up to the expectations of many in the field, but concern is being raised at the government's attitude to the report.
Endangered species
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 24.9.92, 1992, p.12.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Increasing numbers of foster carers are deciding to stop, leaving some SSDs with an acute shortage of placements.
Private means
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 18.6.92, 1992, pp.13-15.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Every year thousands of Nigerian parents place their children with white families in the belief that they will have better access to health care and education. The result for the children can be emotionally damaging.
Knowing me, knowing you
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.1.95, 1995, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Research by the British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering has shown conclusively that children separated from their parents who are placed with people they already know do much better than those placed with strangers. However, many councils are failing to place these children with other family members or friends. Investigates why this is the case.
Keep a love-light shining
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 9.4.92, 1992, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Despite a growing realisation that children need their birth families, and pressures from the Children Act, restoration work within adoption and fostering is undervalued. Reports on research carried out at Bristol University, and work by the Barnardo's New Families Project in Colchester.
Regulation or speculation
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.5.95, 1995, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
New government proposals allow local authorities to delegate some of their fostering responsibilities to organisations operating for-profit on the same basis that they may now use non-profit independent fostering agencies. Discusses these private fostering proposals and looks at the main concerns.
Britain's most wanted
- Authors:
- THOMSON Audrey, RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.6.00, 2000, pp.23-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The government has set its sights on recruiting 7,000 new foster carers but, the authors report, if nothing is done to tackle the high dropout rate of existing carers, its efforts may be in vain.
Keeping in touch
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.4.96, 1996, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
There is evidence that children in local authority care need contact with their families but, the author discovers, negotiating contact arrangements is easier said than done.
Hidden from view
- Author:
- RICKFORD Frances
- Journal article citation:
- Health Visitor, 68(12), December 1995, pp.485-486.
- Publisher:
- Health Visitors' Association
Reports on the number of children who are privately fostered with families in the UK and beyond the reach of statutory health and social services. Most are from West Africa, and the cultural and emotional shock can leave deep scars. Looks at the responsibilities that social services have in the area of private fostering and the importance of networking for foster parents.