Not a problem? girls and school exclusion 9781907969102, 1907969101

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Kith and Kin Kinship care for vulnerable young people Bob Broad, Ruth Hayes and Christine Rushforth

The National Children’s Bureau promotes the interests and well-being of all children and young people across every aspect of their lives. NCB advocates the participation of children and young people in all matters affecting them. NCB challenges disadvantage in childhood. NCB achieves its mission by ■ ensuring the views of children and young people are listened to and taken into account at all times ■ playing an active role in policy development and advocacy ■ undertaking high quality research and work from an evidence based perspective ■ promoting multidisciplinary, cross-agency partnerships ■ identifying, developing and promoting good practice ■ disseminating information to professionals, policy makers, parents and children and young people NCB has adopted and works within the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Several Councils and Fora are based at NCB and contribute significantly to the breadth of its influence. It also works in partnership with Children in Scotland and Children in Wales and other voluntary organisations concerned for children and their families. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has supported this project as part of its programme of research and innovative development projects, which it hopes will be of value to policy makers and practitioners. The views expressed in this book are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Children’s Bureau or the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Published by National Children’s Bureau Enterprises Ltd, the trading company for the National Children’s Bureau, Registered Charity number 258825. 8 Wakley Street, London EC1V 7QE. Tel: 020 7843 6000 © National Children’s Bureau and Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2001 Published 2001 ISBN 978 1 907969 10 2 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any person without the written permission of the publisher. Designed and typeset by Jeff Teader

Contents

List of figures

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Acknowledgements

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Summary

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1 Introducing kinship care

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2 Characteristics of the young people, carers and placements

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3 Young people’s voices

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4 Kinship carers’ views

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5 Supporting kinship care

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6 Discussion and recommendations

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References

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