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Single-person adoption: for and against
- Author:
- OWEN Morag
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Society, 8(2), 1994, pp.151-163.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
With support of the Department of Health, Bristol University is carrying out a small-scale research study of single-person adoption. In advance of the findings, the author surveys existing arguments for and against the approval of single people as adoptive parents. The debate also raises some larger questions - not simply about adoption and necessary safeguards, but about the nature of the approval process itself.
Disabled children who need permanence: barriers to placement
- Author:
- COUSINS Jennifer
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 29(3), Autumn 2005, pp.6-20.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Disabled children wait longer than other children for permanent new families and some never achieve a family for life. In analysis, the author explores the barriers that make disabled children's pathway to a family so problematic. It is argued that only with this knowledge can the necessary changes be made on behalf of this vulnerable group of young people. This paper includes ideas that emanated from BAAF's Opening Doors Disability Project workshops with practitioners and carers which ran during 2003 and 2004, plus research material and the author's own views. Problems and barriers emerged in the recruitment, assessment and support of families; in the profiling and placing of children; at management level in the training and development of staff; in departmental structures and in diminished resources. All pervasive is the negativity and discrimination which affects people with impairments. It is argued that everyone engaged in children's services and family placement has a responsibility to promote the interests of disabled children by tackling the barriers identified here. In so doing, the placement chances for all children will be enhanced.
Every child is special: placing disabled children for permanence
- Author:
- COUSINS Jennifer
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 71p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This Good Practice Guide tracks the converging processes of planning for a permanent home for disabled children, and recruiting suitable families. It covers: assessing and communicating with children; recruiting and assessing families and making links; planning permanence; profiling and featuring children; and supporting placements. It examines some of the organisational structures that form the context of this work and highlights the changes that are necessary if more disabled children are to have the security of a permanent family. The guide provides an overview of disabled children 'in need' and 'looked after' and describes current models of disability. It acknowledges the problem of definitions and terminology and discusses impairment in terms of language and popular culture. Relevant legal issues are also briefly explained.
Profiling children
- Author:
- BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR ADOPTION AND FOSTERING
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Matching children with families is a complex an difficult task. It involves knowing the child's needs not only in the present but how they will grow up and develop. All children require a holistic and comprehensive assessment that identifies their emotional, cognitive, physical an social needs including various aspects of their identity such as ethnicity, language and religion. This practice note sets out the principles and practices of profiling children in a way that meets required standards and ultimately gives children the families they need.
Practitioner social work research in action
- Editors:
- BROAD Bob, FLETCHER Colin
- Publisher:
- Whiting and Birch
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 194p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains research findings, as well as accounts of the development and adaptation of relevant research methods. Chapters are grouped into 4 types of practitioner research: investigation; appraisal; innovation; and state of the art reviews. Includes papers on: placing people with learning difficulties in employment; emergency social service duty systems; women in social services management; perceptions of a children's observation and assessment centre; problem drinkers on probation; dealing with clients with mental health problems; assessment of user needs; applying life history work; recognising elder abuse; the tutorial system in social work education; the adoption of children with learning difficulties; and an agenda for practitioner research.
Children and families: manual of policies and procedures
- Author:
- BRADFORD. Social Services Department
- Publisher:
- Bradford. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 1 v.looseleaf.
- Place of publication:
- Bradford
Comprehensive manual covering all aspects of child care and child protection. Includes sections on: adoption; assessment and planning; complaints and representations; day care and supportive services; death of a child or parent; disabled children; access to files; foster carers; guardians ad litem; juvenile justice; protection of children; registration and inspection; and wardship.