Ireland stands alone in the west in denying adopted people the right of access to their birth certificates. Looks at the obstacles to reforming the system.
Ireland stands alone in the west in denying adopted people the right of access to their birth certificates. Looks at the obstacles to reforming the system.
When the National Assistance Act 1948 and the Children Act 1948 were passed into law, they created frameworks for residential care which lasted for more than three decades. As Minister of Health, Aneurin Bevan wanted to see old people be able to retire into residential care homes where they would be able to enjoy hotel standards - as against the workhouses then in use, with their reputation
When the National Assistance Act 1948 and the Children Act 1948 were passed into law, they created frameworks for residential care which lasted for more than three decades. As Minister of Health, Aneurin Bevan wanted to see old people be able to retire into residential care homes where they would be able to enjoy hotel standards - as against the workhouses then in use, with their reputation for harsh conditions and associations of humiliation for the residents. At the same time, local authorities were given wider powers to provide services for children. This book has been published to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the publication of the Wagner Report, A Positive Choice. By the time the Wagner Working Party met, - forty years after Aneurin Bevan’s legislation - his aims had been more or less fulfilled, and the orphanages and workhouses had gone. Residential services were, however, low in public esteem and those who were concerned that residential care should be of high quality and be properly valued for its contribution were greatly concerned. Hence the Wagner Report.
Subject terms:
law, policy, residential care, social work history, care homes;
Reports on legal measures being proposed in Canada to ensure that its four million disabled people are treated as fellow citizens in the criminal justice system.
Reports on legal measures being proposed in Canada to ensure that its four million disabled people are treated as fellow citizens in the criminal justice system.
This book draws together contributions from all those with an interest in adoption: adopted people; birth parents and adoptive parents; practitioners and managers in the statutory and voluntary sectors; academics and policy makers. Chapters on research and policy are interspersed with those from people with first-hand experience of being adopted, becoming an adoptive parent or giving a child up for adoption. Together, they provide unique insights into a subject that although regularly in the media is often surrounded by prejudice and misconception. Topics covered include: children and young people in care; trying to adopt; waiting for adoption; life after adoption; and the politics of adoption. The book provides a comprehensive view of adoption policy, practice and services and analyses why adoption has become so controversial.
This book draws together contributions from all those with an interest in adoption: adopted people; birth parents and adoptive parents; practitioners and managers in the statutory and voluntary sectors; academics and policy makers. Chapters on research and policy are interspersed with those from people with first-hand experience of being adopted, becoming an adoptive parent or giving a child up for adoption. Together, they provide unique insights into a subject that although regularly in the media is often surrounded by prejudice and misconception. Topics covered include: children and young people in care; trying to adopt; waiting for adoption; life after adoption; and the politics of adoption. The book provides a comprehensive view of adoption policy, practice and services and analyses why adoption has become so controversial.
Subject terms:
law, policy, social workers, access to birth records, adopted children, adopted people, adoption, adoptive parents, birth parents, contact;
The author explains why he feels calls for a Sarah's Law are fundamentally misguided and offers some rather more constructive ideas for how best to protect children from those who would abuse them.
The author explains why he feels calls for a Sarah's Law are fundamentally misguided and offers some rather more constructive ideas for how best to protect children from those who would abuse them.
Subject terms:
housing, law, recidivists, registers, sex offenders, sex offenders registers, sexual offences, social policy, child abuse, child sexual abuse;
As the government launches its long-awaited social services White Paper on social services, looks back at the long history of governments shaking up social care and examines what this latest raft of reforms will mean for the future of social services.
As the government launches its long-awaited social services White Paper on social services, looks back at the long history of governments shaking up social care and examines what this latest raft of reforms will mean for the future of social services.
Subject terms:
law, local authorities, policy, social policy, social services, social work, social work history, standards, central government, government policy;