
The Future of Children's Care
Critical Perspectives on Children's Services Reform
- 208 pages
- English
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The Future of Children's Care
Critical Perspectives on Children's Services Reform
About this book
Over the last decade there has been a series of Government policy initiatives in respect of children's services and social work education in England, many of which aim to de-regulate or privatise aspects of these services. Critically considering the impact of the MacAlister Review, this book explores the past, present and future of children's services in the UK from a range of perspectives ā lived, professional and academic.
This accessible guide provides a timely and incisive overview of the current children's services reform agenda in the UK. It identifies current challenges, analyses both strengths and weaknesses in the current policy agenda and sets out alternative policy and practice directions for a system that can meet families' needs.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- 1 Introduction: critical perspectives on childrenās services reform
- 2 Where now? Childrenās rights in England into the 2020s
- 3 More of memes than schemes: networked propagation in childrenās social care
- 4 Reclaiming social work, the social work complex and issues of bias in childrenās services
- 5 Humane social work practice: a more parent friendly system? Hopes and challenges in the 2020s
- 6 Exploring and re-imagining childrenās services in England through a decolonial frame
- 7 Kinship care for England and Wales in the 2020s: assumptions, challenges and opportunities
- 8 If adoption is the answer, what was the question?
- 9 Caring for children and young people in state care in the 2020s
- 10 Protecting children: a social model for the 2020s
- 11 Conclusion: childrenās services reform looking back and forwards
- Index