The Future of Children’s Care: Critical Perspectives on Children’s Services Reform

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Avery Bowser (Action for Children) Taliah Drayak

The Future of Children’s Care

Critical Perspectives on Children’s Services Reform

Avery Bowser (Action for Children), Taliah Drayak, Brid Featherstone (Brid Featherstone is Professor of Social Work at the University of Huddersfield.) , Anna Gupta (Royal Holloway, University of London)

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English

Policy Press
31 July 2023

Social issues & processes; Age groups: children; Child welfare

Over the last decade there has been a series of Government policy initiatives in respect of children’s services and social work education in England, many of which aim to de-regulate or privatise aspects of these services. Critically considering the impact of the MacAlister Review, this book explores the past, present and future of children’s services in the UK from a range of perspectives — lived, professional and academic.

This accessible guide provides a timely and incisive overview of the current children’s services reform agenda in the UK. It identifies current challenges, analyses both strengths and weaknesses in the current policy agenda and sets out alternative policy and practice directions for a system that can meet families’ needs.

Contributions by: Avery Bowser (Action for Children), Taliah Drayak, Brid Featherstone (Brid Featherstone is Professor of Social Work at the University of Huddersfield.), Anna Gupta (Royal Holloway, University of London), Isobel Drew (University of Kent)
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 240mm,
ISBN: 9781447368267
ISBN 10: 1447368266
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 31 July 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword – June Thoburn 1. Introduction: Critical Perspectives on Children’s Services Reform – Christian Kerr and Robin Sen 2. Where Now? Children’s Rights in England Into the 2020s – Carolyne Willow 3. More of Memes than Schemes: Networked Propagation in Children’s Social Care – Joe Hanley 4. Reclaiming Social Work, the Social Work Complex and Issues of Bias in Children’s Services – Robin Sen and Christian Kerr 5. Humane Social Work Practice: A More Parent Friendly System? Hopes and Challenges in the 2020s – Taliah Drayak 6. Exploring and Re-Imagining Children’s Services in England Through a Decolonial Frame – Isobel Drew, Rebekah Pierre and Robin Sen 7. Kinship Care for England and Wales in the 2020s: Assumptions, Challenges, and Opportunities – Paul Shuttleworth 8. If Adoption Is the Answer, What Was the Question? – Avery Bowser 9. Caring for Children and Young People in State Care in the 2020s – John Radoux 10. Protecting Children: A Social Model for the 2020s – Brid Featherstone and Anna Gupta 11. Conclusion: Children’s Services Reform Looking Back and Forwards – Robin Sen and Christian Kerr

Robin Sen is Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Edinburgh and a qualified social worker who has practiced in statutory child and family social work in Scotland. He is also a qualified practice educator. Christian Kerr is a social worker and Lecturer in Social Work and Social and Community Studies at Leeds Beckett University.

Reviews for The Future of Children’s Care: Critical Perspectives on Children’s Services Reform

"""I know of and respect each and every author in this book. That is testament to the power of their individual and collective voice. Read the truth of their words."" David Anderson, Social Work Consultant ""Incisively critical yet full of hope - I would recommend this book to all children's social care workers and more importantly to the people we aim to serve."" Fiona Daniels, children's social worker ""Working with children and families forms the bedrock of social work in the UK. This collected edition provides a trenchant critique of the McAllister Review, and essential reading for qualifying social workers. It also offers hope for future practice following a rights-oriented trajectory."" Lena Dominelli, University of Stirling"