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Family placements for adults and children: a double comparison
- Authors:
- HILL Malcolm, et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 25(2), April 1995, pp.209-226.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Compares family placements for adults with those for children with special needs. Findings are presented of a postal survey which was carried out in the UK and closely based on a survey undertaken shortly before in the USA and Canada. There were a number of similarities between the programmes for adults and specialist schemes for children, despite their different purposes, origins and contexts. Although outcomes are often good, both types of project have worrying levels of breakdown, whilst a number of adult schemes are precarious in status and resourcing.
Consultation with children and young people who are being looked after: what it's like
- Authors:
- COONEY Margaret, WILKINSON Althea
- Publisher:
- Newham. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Consulting with customers is fundamental to best value. This survey of children and young people in foster and residential care in the London Borough of Newham was undertaken within the remit of best value. It looked at what was important to them and in what way the service could be made better.
Kinship in foster care and its impact on grandmother caregivers
- Author:
- KOLOMER Stacey R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 33(3), 2000, pp.85-102.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Kinship foster care programmes are designed to address the needs of relatives, usually grandparents, who have taken in children who have been removed form their homes voluntarily, or following a substantiated report of neglect and/or abuse. The author reviews the history of kinship foster care within the US and examines related research. Also, reports the findings of a survey of kinship foster care programmes nationwide and from qualitative interviews with nine grandmothers from New York City who were kinship foster care providers. Particular attention was paid in these surveys to the impact of kinship foster care on families caring for children with disabilities.