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Child welfare in the United Kingdom
- Authors:
- ALDGATE Jane, HILL Malcolm
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 17(5/6), 1995, pp.575-597.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Gives an overview of recent changes in legislation and social policy with respect to child welfare in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Policy change under devolution: the prism of children's policy
- Authors:
- KAY E., TISDALL M., HILL Malcolm
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 10(1), January 2011, pp.29-40.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article looks at the evolution of children’s policy “from the shadows of family and education policy” in the past 10 years in the UK. This decade, say these authors saw political transformation, with the New Labour government of 1997 following through on its promise of devolved administrations for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Looking predominantly at changes within Scottish children’s policy as a case study, these authors give illustrations of how devolved administrations try to steer “from government to governance”, recognise existing and supporting new partnerships, and thereby encourage greater civic engagement. In sections entitled, changing relationships between children, parents and the state and greater engagement between policy and civic society, the impact of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, particularly regarding the increasing importance of children’s rights as individuals, legal changes and services aimed specifically at children (and not just their welfare) are explored and discussed in terms of the differing working methods between the Scottish Executive and the rest of the UK. Two questions, regarding the provision of seamless services and the variables key to devolved practices are asked and answered in separate sections. The greater community and political party involvement is acknowledged along with the potential for policies distinct to each devolved administration.
Family policy in Scotland
- Authors:
- WASOFF Fran, HILL Malcolm
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 1(3), July 2002, pp.171-182.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Family policy now has greater prominence in UK politics than ever before. These policies are developing in the context of major constitutional change across the UK, which has the potential for significant policy divergence. Devolution has generated greater interest in Scottish family policy, and how its policy processes have been reconfigured. New Scottish legal and policy initiatives with a family focus have emerged from both Westminster and Holyrood. This paper reviews the present context for family policy in Scotland, some recent family policy developments at both UK and Scottish levels of government, and identifies key issues these raise.
Supporting families
- Editors:
- HILL Malcolm, KIRK Rosalind Hawthorne, PART Diana
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 181p.,diags.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Examines positive ways in which families can be supported by policies and services at central and local government level. Includes papers on: family policies in Western Europe; family poverty and the role of family support work; families and the law - policing or support; family support in child protection; social support and Early Years Centres; social work services for young people; and supporting families through inter agency work.
Child welfare policy and practice: issues and lessons emerging from current research
- Editors:
- IWANIEC Dorota, HILL Malcolm
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 304p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the implications of recent research for all those concerned with child welfare and social work. Addresses topical issues as expressed by central government bodies and enquiries regarding services and policies relating to children in need of care and protection. Includes papers on: issues emerging from child care research post Children Act 1989; the legal and policy contexts for children's services in Scotland and Northern Ireland; the involvement of voluntary organisations in the first Scottish children's services plans; operationalising the definition of children in need from UK child care legislation; understanding and developing family support in Northern Ireland; the transition to adulthood of disabled young people in Northern Ireland; an evaluation of the Scottish pilot of the looking after children records system; educating looked after children; social work conceptions regarding black children in Scotland; the outcomes of a twenty year follow up of children who failed to thrive; communication between child and adult and the implications for use of the live link with child witnesses; and law, policy, practice and research in child and family social work.
Fostering good relations: a study of foster care and foster carers in Scotland
- Authors:
- TRISELIOTIS John, BORLAND Moira, HILL Malcolm
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive Central Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 124p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Research study. Contains sections on: foster care structures and organisations; foster care policy making; the recruitment, assessment and preparation of foster carers; supply and demand; social workers and link workers; assessment and agreement; financial arrangements; panels, reviews and monitoring systems; and conclusions and recommendations.
Child welfare services: developments in law, policy, practice and research
- Editors:
- HILL Malcolm, ALDGATE Jane
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 288p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Collection of papers reviewing child care policy and practice. Includes chapters on: the Children Act 1989 and recent developments; the Children (Scotland) Act 1995; the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995; Irish child care services in the 1990s; children, crime and society; the legal and social construction of significant harm; family, social work and police perspectives on child abuse investigations; partnership based practice in child protection work; respite care; short term foster care; long term foster care - childrens views; the adoption debate; residential child care and investigations; young people leaving care in the UK and Ireland; the views of young people; and outcomes of social work intervention with young people.