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Children's services (Quality Protects) grant: 2003-2004; section 93 determination and certification arrangements
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Further to LAC(2002)19, attached are the Determinations made under Section 93 of the Local Government Act 2000, as amended by Section 136 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, for the Children’s Services (Quality Protects) Grant and the grant to support implementation of the Children (Leaving Care) Act Grant for the financial year 2003-2004. Also attached are the certification forms for 2003-2004.
Family placements from a Chinese institution
- Authors:
- BECKETT Chris, THOBURN June
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 26(3), Autumn 2002, pp.19-27.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article looks at an innovative fostering project in Shanghai, which places children from a large children's institution. They consider placement outcomes for 220 children placed over a two-year period. A number of variables are discussed which might impact on placement outcomes, including age, gender, level of disability, length of time spent in the institution and age at time of placement. The length of time spent in institutional care and age at placement were found to be predictors of the placements breaking down during the first few year after placement. Younger children moved quickly into foster homes were most likely to settle there successfully. This finding is in accord with other studies that have found that early institutional care can have adverse long term consequences for development. This pattern, it is suggested, does not necessarily reflect poor physical care within the institution. It may simply be a consequence of the fact that an environment of this kind cannot provide the kinds of relationships which are necessary for optimal development.
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.
Adopting a child: a guide for people interested in adoption
- Author:
- LORD Jenifer
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 124p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 6th
Although the number of looked after children who are adopted has risen in recent years, it still represents a tiny proportion, about five per cent, of all looked after children. Approximately 5,500 children were adopted in the year to March 2001 in the United Kingdom. Almost two-thirds of these were children who had been looked after by a local authority. The others were predominately children adopted by their parent and step-parent, and about 300 were children who have been brought from overseas and adopted by people living in the United Kingdom. Topics are addressed to step families considering adoption, to people considering adopting from overseas, and to meeting children's needs through fostering.