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The Children of Looked After Children
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Based on groundbreaking original research, this book provides a comprehensive account of the issues surrounding pregnancy and parenthood for young people in and leaving care. Featuring the voices of care-experienced parents, together with reflections from practitioners, it offers valuable insights into the issues facing this group. Using qualitative data to explore why parenthood is such an important issue for young people in and leaving care, this book shows what can be learned from their experiences in order to improve outcomes for parents and children in the future. The author highlights the practical and emotional needs of care-experienced parents and gives clear advice for practitioners on how these needs might be better addressed through summary points, practice guidance and recommendations for policy and practice.
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of tables
- About the author and contributors
- Acknowledgements
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1 Introduction
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My interest in and commitment to the research
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Overview of the study
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Aims of the book
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Recurring themes and questions
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A note on language
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Structure and overview
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2 Early pregnancy risk and missed opportunities to plan for parenthood
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Introduction and background
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Efforts to reduce teenage pregnancy
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Methods and results
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SHRN Health and Wellbeing Survey
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Results
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Findings from the Voices study
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The system has it covered: professional confidence in available support and expertise
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Threats to the effectiveness of the system
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Limited resources
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‘Responsible’ corporate parenting
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Individual choice and control
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Discussion: heightened vulnerability and continuing risk of unplanned pregnancy
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Conclusion
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Acknowledgements
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3 Outcomes for parents in and leaving care: parenting ‘success’ and corporate parenting failure
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Introduction and background
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Methods and results
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The Wales Adoption Study
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Results
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Survey of local authority leaving-care teams
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Results
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Discussion: resilience in spite of adversity and problematic corporate parent relationships
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Conclusion
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Acknowledgements
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4 Professional perspectives: assessing parenting potential and managing dual responsibilities
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Introduction and background
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Findings from the Voices study
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The foundations for parenting success
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Procedures, planning and expectations of practice
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Disadvantage and dual responsibilities
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Discussion: systemic disadvantage and limited corporate parenting protection
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Conclusion
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5 The experiences of parents: hopes, anxieties and reflections
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Introduction and background
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Findings from the Voices study
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Becoming a parent
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Initial shock and early commitment
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Wanting to be better and do better
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Fear and mistrust of social workers
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Reflecting on parenthood
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Struggle and ‘success’
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Continuing struggle and perceived failure
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Discussion: enduring stigma, and the residual threat of social work intervention
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Conclusion
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6 Responding to diverse needs: support availability, sustainability and acceptability
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Introduction and background
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Findings from the Voices study
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The potential for multiple and multifaceted support needs
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Parental determination, engagement and responsibility
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Informal support: having someone by your side
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Formal support: availability, acceptability and adequacy
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Experiences of support: personalised options, ‘voluntary’ engagement and perceived benefit
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Discussion: diverse needs, passive corporate parents and absent corporate grandparents
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Conclusion
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Acknowledgements
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7 Conclusion: if this were my child
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Summary points
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Recurring themes and questions revisited
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‘Success’ for parents in and leaving care
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The relationship between the state as parent, and parents in and leaving care
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Research strengths and limitations
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Recommendations: ongoing policy and practice development
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National and local monitoring
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Practice guidance to support young people’s sexual health and development
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National and local policy recognition
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Practice guidance to support young people as parents
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Conclusion
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- References
- Index
- 出版地 ： 英國
- 語言 ： 英文
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