Product Description: How does residential care in England compare with that of other European countries? What is social pedagogy, and how does it help those working with children in care? How can child care policy and practice be improved throughout the United Kingdom? This book is written against the background of the gross social disadvantage suffered by most looked-after children in England...read more

This book contributes a new, positive dimension to the literature on local authority care of children and young people by focusing on successful outcomes and the quality of care provided to help them to achieve this.

Product Description: As demand for care workers increases and supply decreases, it becomes crucial to know more about the body of paid workers that currently makes up this sector. The detailed Labour Force Survey statistics on gender, ethnicity, age, living and working arrangements and pay analyzed within this study identify the workforce and the issues within the workforce that affect the recruitment and retention of care workers...read more

Product Description: This topical report explores how decisions about work are affected by caring responsibilities for people aged over 50. It draws together information from a variety of sources - an analysis of trends in employment at the household level over the past twenty years, a survey of employees and those who have recently retired in both a rural and an urban area, and over 30 in-depth interviews with people over 50 - to examine the extent of caring responsibilities and how they affect choices about the timing of retirement or reducing hours of work...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book explores possible reasons for the increased numbers of children looked after by local authorities. Various hypotheses are addressed and recommendations for good social services practice relating to children looked after are made.