The Child's Journey Through Care discusses in full:
The book also includes considerations of the European Convention of Human Rights (1998) and describes many of the dilemmas arising in meeting the rights of children and parents, without jeopardising the welfare of either. The importance of openness, consideration, and straightforward dealings with parents is given due emphasis, especially where preparations for taking cases to court are involved.
The Child's Journey Through Care will be a valuable source of information for field and residential workers, social work supervisors, resource managers, policy makers, and those working in the legal profession. "
Dorota Iwaniec
INTRODUCTION
UNICEF stated in its millennium report, The State of the World's Children, that although huge advances have been made globally in recognising and responding to the needs and rights of children during the twentieth century, there is still a significant population of children who grow up in unacceptable conditions and do not reach their potential.
One group of children of particular concern consists of those who cannot be cared for by their parents or extended family. Often in these cases the responsibility falls to the State, whose main approved alternatives are adoption, fostering, residential care, or boarding schools for children with various disabilities. Some children and young people are looked after by the State or voluntary sector with the agreement of their parents who are temporarily, or permanently, unable to provide such care, but others, in order ... read full excerpt from The Child's Journey Through Care: Placement Stability, Care Planning, and Achieving Permanency ebook
