E-bok, Engelska, 2019

Children and Young People ‘Looked After’?

Education, Intervention and the Everyday Culture of Care in Wales

Av Dawn Mannay, Louise Roberts, Alyson Rees

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Beskrivning

Despite a proliferation of legislative action in response to differential outcomes, the relative educational, employment and lifecourse disadvantages of individuals who have experienced the care system remains a pressing issue of widespread international concern. In Wales, a significant body of work has been produced on and with care-experienced children and young people. This edited collection attempts to highlight these valuable insights in a single volume, with contributions from well-established and early career scholars working in different traditions – including education, psychology, policy studies, sociology and social work – to provide a unique opportunity for reflection across disciplinary boundaries and shed new light on common problems and opportunities stimulated by research in the field of social care. The volume introduces a range of contexts and sites – including the home, the school, alternative educational institutions, contact centres, and the natural environment – and reflexively explores changes and continuities within the political and geographical landscape that constitutes Wales. Each chapter introduces insights, reflections and recommendations about the care system and its impacts, which will be useful for readers across geographical contexts who are concerned with improving the lives of children, young people and wider family networks.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum: 2019-02-15
Språk: Engelska
Filformat: EPUB
Kopieringsskydd: LCP
ISBN: 9781786833570
Förlag: University of Wales Press

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Socialt arbete och välfärd

Mer om författaren

Dawn Mannay is Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences (Psychology) at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University.Alyson Rees is Assistant Director of the Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE) and Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University.Louise Roberts is a Research Associate at the Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE) and a Lecturer in Social Work at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University.

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`This book presents an authoritative and fascinating account of looked-after children’s views and experiences, and of the effectiveness of the system designed to support them. I am heartened by the values that link much of this book, which recognise children and young people’s rights to an equal opportunity to fulfil their potential, however difficult their early start has been, and to act as active participants, often partners, in the research process. The empirical evidence presented here is rooted in Wales, and it will therefore be essential reading for practitioners and policy makers in Wales, but the evidence, analysis and methodological insights will have resonance internationally.’ ; - Professor Sally Holland, Children’s Commissioner for Wales ; `This excellent compendium of research, theory and interventions into the lived experience of children and young people placed in the care system in Wales addresses critical issues that are by no means confined to one country but extend globally. The range, richness and utility of research-driven insights into the impacts and outcomes of care defines this uniquely valuable text. If you want to be part of improving the lives and life chances of children in care then, quite simply, this book is essential reading.’ ; - Emeritus Professor Andrew Pithouse, Cardiff School of Social Sciences ; `This edited volume draws together a significant body of research in Wales concerning care experienced children and young people. Using innovative methodologies, and with a welcome focus on strengths as well as needs, this book is an important read for anyone who cares about improving the lives of children and young people in care.’ ; - Emerita Professor June Statham, UCL Institute of Education

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