Jane Aldgate
Biographic Data
| ID | 6245261 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jane Aldgate |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jane |
| FAMILY NAME | Aldgate |
| SIGNATURE | ALDGATE J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leicester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children
This article describes the contrast between the clearly expressed and optimistic intentions of section 17 of the Children Act 1989, namely to produce a genuine service continuum that will promote and safeguard the welfare of children, and the reality of the post‐1989 implementation process. It shows how, over decades, perennial challenges have consistently skewed the balance between proactive family support services and reactive crisis‐driven res…
High‐risk children with challenging behaviour
This paper is about an evaluation of three centre‐based projects established by a voluntary organization under the Scottish Government's Youth Crime Prevention Fund, to work with primary school‐aged children displaying challenging and antisocial behaviour. Following a brief overview of what is known about effective interventions, the paper describes the projects' ways of working, including their remit and ethos. The core intervention chosen was t…
Living in Kinship Care
Jane Aldgate describes findings from a Scottish research study on kinship care. Her article is drawn from a commissioned study which informed a government review of children looked after by local authorities in Scotland in 2006. The article presents the perspectives of the 30 children in the study on living in kinship care. It explores children's understanding of the reasons for their placements and their views on the future, as well as on the ro…
Crossing the organisational divide
The 1989 Children Act has consolidated and in some cases considerably extended the duties and responsibilities of social services departments. A major departure from earlier approaches is a central and explicit focus on the need for family support work, which is now to be undertaken within a broader framework than in the 1963 and 1980 legislation. In addition to the emphasis on providing services for children in their own families, there are new …
From legislation to practice
Measuring outcomes in family support services (a case study using respite care)
Measuring outcomes in family support services is a relatively new area of social research. This study aimed to explore the use of respite care (brief planned periods away from home with the same carers over several months) as a family support service to help prevent long term family breakdown. It studied the service from the perspectives of all those involved in it—social workers, carers, parents and children–and was funded by the UK Department o…
Measuring outcomes in family support services (a case study using respite care)
Measuring outcomes in family support services is a relatively new area of social research. This study aimed to explore the use of respite care (brief planned periods away from home with the same carers over several months) as a family support service to help prevent long term family breakdown. It studied the service from the perspectives of all those involved in it—social workers, carers, parents and children–and was funded by the UK Department o…
Assessing the Effects of Foster Care
Child welfare in the United Kingdom
Short-Term Family Based Care for Children in Need
Short-term carers provide a vital breathing space for user-families. Based on research carried out with David Hawley for the DoH, Marie Bradley and Jane Aldgate look at this specialised form of family support and the highly skilled professionals who provide it
A Critical Evaluation of What is Needed
Graduating from care — A missed opportunity for encouraging successful citizenship
Welcome Analysis
Social Work and the Education of Children in Foster Care
To what extent should social workers advocate the educational needs of children and young people in foster care? Jane Aldgate, Anthony Heath, Matthew Colton and Michael Simm present the findings of a recent study
Educational Attainment and Stability in Long‐Term Foster Care
This paper explores the relationship between the reading attainment of a group of 8–14 year olds in long‐term foster care and factors in their histories and current home environments. The findings suggest that children's early histories before entry to care may have an effect on their educational attainment in middle childhood. Some amelioration of early childhood experience may be found in a stable foster home placement which has an expectation …
Using Respite Care to Prevent Long-Term Family Breakdown
Partnership with Parents
The 1990 Hilda Lewis Memorial Lecture
Foster families and residential care for older children
This paper compares the interpersonal dynamics of the family and residential care for older children within the context of ecologically based permanency planning where the birth family will be the preferred source of permanence in most cases. The author argues, on the basis of a review of the research, that foster care has a great deal to offer many children and is undoubtedly preferable for young children, but residential care is a genuine and i…
Using Care Away from Home to Prevent Family Breakdown
The Educational Progress of Children In and Out of Care
Results are reported from the first of three rounds of testing associated with a longitudinal study comparing the educational progress and behaviour of a group of foster children with that of a “control” group. The latter comprised youngsters who have never been in care but whose families have received social work help. The educational attainment of both groups was generally found to fall below the national average. Both groups also manifested re…
Helping Foster Families through Disruption
Preventing Disruption in Long-Term Fostercare
An Alternative Approach to Reviews
Statutory Reviews of Children in Care
Social Work and the Education of Children in Foster Care
To what extent should social workers advocate the educational needs of children and young people in foster care? Jane Aldgate, Anthony Heath, Matthew Colton and Michael Simm present the findings of a recent study
Living in Kinship Care
Jane Aldgate describes findings from a Scottish research study on kinship care. Her article is drawn from a commissioned study which informed a government review of children looked after by local authorities in Scotland in 2006. The article presents the perspectives of the 30 children in the study on living in kinship care. It explores children's understanding of the reasons for their placements and their views on the future, as well as on the ro…
Graduating from care — A missed opportunity for encouraging successful citizenship
Partnership with Parents
The 1990 Hilda Lewis Memorial Lecture
Preventing Disruption in Long-Term Fostercare
Child welfare in the United Kingdom
Using Care Away from Home to Prevent Family Breakdown
The Educational Progress of Children In and Out of Care
Results are reported from the first of three rounds of testing associated with a longitudinal study comparing the educational progress and behaviour of a group of foster children with that of a “control” group. The latter comprised youngsters who have never been in care but whose families have received social work help. The educational attainment of both groups was generally found to fall below the national average. Both groups also manifested re…
Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children
This article describes the contrast between the clearly expressed and optimistic intentions of section 17 of the Children Act 1989, namely to produce a genuine service continuum that will promote and safeguard the welfare of children, and the reality of the post‐1989 implementation process. It shows how, over decades, perennial challenges have consistently skewed the balance between proactive family support services and reactive crisis‐driven res…
Helping Foster Families through Disruption
High‐risk children with challenging behaviour
This paper is about an evaluation of three centre‐based projects established by a voluntary organization under the Scottish Government's Youth Crime Prevention Fund, to work with primary school‐aged children displaying challenging and antisocial behaviour. Following a brief overview of what is known about effective interventions, the paper describes the projects' ways of working, including their remit and ethos. The core intervention chosen was t…
Advantages of Residential Care
Using Respite Care to Prevent Long-Term Family Breakdown
Statutory Reviews of Children in Care
Advantages of Residential Care
An Alternative Approach to Reviews
Helping Foster Families through Disruption
Preventing Disruption in Long-Term Fostercare
Foster families and residential care for older children
This paper compares the interpersonal dynamics of the family and residential care for older children within the context of ecologically based permanency planning where the birth family will be the preferred source of permanence in most cases. The author argues, on the basis of a review of the research, that foster care has a great deal to offer many children and is undoubtedly preferable for young children, but residential care is a genuine and i…
Using Care Away from Home to Prevent Family Breakdown
The Educational Progress of Children In and Out of Care
Results are reported from the first of three rounds of testing associated with a longitudinal study comparing the educational progress and behaviour of a group of foster children with that of a “control” group. The latter comprised youngsters who have never been in care but whose families have received social work help. The educational attainment of both groups was generally found to fall below the national average. Both groups also manifested re…
The 1990 Hilda Lewis Memorial Lecture
Using Respite Care to Prevent Long-Term Family Breakdown
Partnership with Parents
Educational Attainment and Stability in Long‐Term Foster Care
This paper explores the relationship between the reading attainment of a group of 8–14 year olds in long‐term foster care and factors in their histories and current home environments. The findings suggest that children's early histories before entry to care may have an effect on their educational attainment in middle childhood. Some amelioration of early childhood experience may be found in a stable foster home placement which has an expectation …
Welcome Analysis
Social Work and the Education of Children in Foster Care
To what extent should social workers advocate the educational needs of children and young people in foster care? Jane Aldgate, Anthony Heath, Matthew Colton and Michael Simm present the findings of a recent study
Short-Term Family Based Care for Children in Need
Short-term carers provide a vital breathing space for user-families. Based on research carried out with David Hawley for the DoH, Marie Bradley and Jane Aldgate look at this specialised form of family support and the highly skilled professionals who provide it
A Critical Evaluation of What is Needed
Graduating from care — A missed opportunity for encouraging successful citizenship
Child welfare in the United Kingdom
Assessing the Effects of Foster Care
Measuring outcomes in family support services (a case study using respite care)
Measuring outcomes in family support services is a relatively new area of social research. This study aimed to explore the use of respite care (brief planned periods away from home with the same carers over several months) as a family support service to help prevent long term family breakdown. It studied the service from the perspectives of all those involved in it—social workers, carers, parents and children–and was funded by the UK Department o…
Measuring outcomes in family support services (a case study using respite care)
Measuring outcomes in family support services is a relatively new area of social research. This study aimed to explore the use of respite care (brief planned periods away from home with the same carers over several months) as a family support service to help prevent long term family breakdown. It studied the service from the perspectives of all those involved in it—social workers, carers, parents and children–and was funded by the UK Department o…
From legislation to practice
Crossing the organisational divide
The 1989 Children Act has consolidated and in some cases considerably extended the duties and responsibilities of social services departments. A major departure from earlier approaches is a central and explicit focus on the need for family support work, which is now to be undertaken within a broader framework than in the 1963 and 1980 legislation. In addition to the emphasis on providing services for children in their own families, there are new …
High‐risk children with challenging behaviour
This paper is about an evaluation of three centre‐based projects established by a voluntary organization under the Scottish Government's Youth Crime Prevention Fund, to work with primary school‐aged children displaying challenging and antisocial behaviour. Following a brief overview of what is known about effective interventions, the paper describes the projects' ways of working, including their remit and ethos. The core intervention chosen was t…
Living in Kinship Care
Jane Aldgate describes findings from a Scottish research study on kinship care. Her article is drawn from a commissioned study which informed a government review of children looked after by local authorities in Scotland in 2006. The article presents the perspectives of the 30 children in the study on living in kinship care. It explores children's understanding of the reasons for their placements and their views on the future, as well as on the ro…
Psychology (21 works) · Medicine (15 works) · Nursing (15 works) · Political science (13 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (12 works) · Law (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Foster care (7 works)