Author : Great Britain. Department of Health
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 16,98 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780113224166
This document contains the regulations and national minimum standards applicable to children's homes from April 2002. They form the basis for judgements made by the National Care Standards Commission regarding registration and compliance.
Author : Charles Lambert
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 33,57 MB
Release : 2016-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501117394
In a sprawling estate Morgan Fletcher, the disfigured heir to a fortune of mysterious origins, spends his days in quiet study, avoiding his reflection in mirrors and the lake at the end of his garden. Two children, Moira and David, appear, and Morgan gives them free reign of the mansion he shares with his housekeeper Engel. Then more children begin to show up. They make bizarre discoveries in the mansion attics, and seem to disappear into the hidden rooms of the estate-- and perhaps into the hidden corners of Morgan's mind.
Author : Jan Levinson Gilman
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,23 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9781433803840
Murphy, a Tibetan Terrier puppy, is told he is a 'good luck dog' - he is cheerful, happy, and loves to play and wag his tail. However, after going through two different homes and an animal shelter, Murphy starts to feel like a 'bad luck dog' who nobody wants. ""Murphy's Three Homes"" follows this adorable pup through his placement in three new homes, as well as through his anxiety, self-doubt, and hope for a new, loving family. Finally, Murphy is placed in a caring foster home where he feels comfortable and valued. He learns that he is not a bad dog after all and can go back to being a playful puppy and a 'good luck dog!'
Author : Jayne Schooler
Publisher : Tyndale House
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,64 MB
Release : 2014-02-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1615215220
Why doesn’t our child return our love? What are we failing to understand? What are we failing to do? These questions can fill the minds of adoptive parents caring for wounded, traumatized children. Families often enter into this experience with high expectations for their child and for themselves but are broadsided by shattered assumptions. This book addresses the reality of those unmet expectations and offers validation and solutions for the challenges of parenting deeply traumatized and emotionally disturbed children.
Author : Leslie Hicks
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 20,63 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 184310542X
Managing Children's Homes focuses on leadership, effective management, the allocation of resources, and ensuring positive outcomes for young people in residential care. The book develops an interdisciplinary understanding of what needs to be taken into account when establishing and maintaining good practice on behalf of young people living in children's homes. The authors explain the considerable variation in quality achieved by children's homes and how this relates to management style, working environment and staff structures. The skills and qualities that make effective managers of homes are explored. These, along with factors such as the provision of resources, are investigated to demonstrate how to attain a successful children's home environment and longer-term achievement for looked-after children. Based on innovative, DfES-funded, interdisciplinary research, this book will be essential reading for staff and managers in children's care homes and will also be of interest to students, policy-makers and directors of social services.
Author : Peter Higginbotham
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 38,11 MB
Release : 2017-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1526701375
What image does the word orphanage conjure up in your mind? A sunny scene of carefree children at play in the grounds of a large ivy-clad house? Or a forbidding grey edifice whose cowering inmates were ruled over with a rod of iron by a stern, starched matron? In Children's Homes, Peter Higginbotham explores the history of the institutions in Britain that were used as a substitute for childrens natural homes. From the Tudor times to the present day, this fascinating book answers questions such as: Who founded and ran all these institutions? Who paid for them? Where have they all gone? And what was life like for their inmates? Illustrated throughout, Children's Homes provides an essential, previously overlooked, account of the history of these British institutions.
Author : David Berridge
Publisher : JKP
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 28,71 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1905818998
This ebook reports on the unprecedented and radical step taken by Warwickshire Social Services Department when, in 1986, it closed the last of its children's homes. This book examines the background to these developments, the reasons for them and their consequences. The findings are set in the context of the crisis of confidence in residential child care that occurred in the early 1990's culminating in the Pindown Report on Staffordshire which revealed an alarming catalogue of inhuman and degrading treatment of children in residential care. This research, undertaken by NCB, reports findings that have major national and international significance. The future role of children's homes is in question and this study examines whether foster care, in particular, is more effective at meeting children's needs than residential care. Young people's own views are included and the work is presented very much in the context of the Children Act 1989.
Author : Isabelle Brodie
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,67 MB
Release : 2001-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0857006541
Based on new, original research, this book highlights the significance of school exclusion as a pivotal process that has long-term negative effects not just on the individuals themselves but also for society as a whole. Drawing on individual accounts, the author demonstrates how aspects of the care system contribute to looked-after children being out of school. Her book explores the reasons for the difficulties they experience, and argues that they need to be differently conceptualised. By drawing on both the personal accounts of the young people and on evidence gained by interviewing teachers and care professionals, she argues in nine concise chapters that exclusion is a social `process'. She stresses the importance of the young people's relationships with care givers and identifies a problematic gap between the care and education systems which contributes to their ongoing cycle of social exclusion. This clear and thought-provoking book will prove invaluable to those professionals and students involved in the education of children in care and for policymakers, academics and practitioners working in residential care.
Author : Roger Morgan
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 40,34 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1907969918
Children's homes in England must follow rules, or standards, that are set by the government. This guide tells you what the rules are, and how they apply to you and to where you live. Use this guide to find out about what should happen when you move into a home, what your home should be doing for you while you live there, and what should happen when you leave. The guide covers a wide range of issues such as staying in touch with friends and family, food, managing your money, health, education, hobbies, and management of the home. The guide also tells you what you can do if you want to make a complaint or if you think your home is not keeping to the rules. The Young Person's Guide to Children's Homes Standards and Regulations is part of a series of guides about the National Minimum Standards for Children's Homes. Other guides are available for parents of young people living in homes and staff who work in homes.
Author : Jonathan Stanley
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 38,18 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1907969861
Children's homes in England must follow the National Minimum Regulations and Standards for Children's Homes. This guide tells you what these Standards are, and how they apply to where your child lives. Use this guide to find out what is expected of children's homes and the staff who work in them, how you can help the people caring for your child, and the information you should receive. This guide provides the wording of each Standard, advice about good practice, and a list of questions you can use to ensure that the care of your child is 'up to standard'. Parent's Guide to Children's Homes Standards and Regulations is part of a series of guides about the National Minimum Standards for Children's Homes. Other guides are available for young people living in homes and staff who work in homes.
