Bridget McKeigue
Biographic Data
| ID | 6464195 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bridget McKeigue |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bridget |
| FAMILY NAME | McKeigue |
| SIGNATURE | MCKEIGUE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Anglia Ruskin University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Permanence and 'Permanence: Outcomes of Family Placements
This article describes a follow-up of a complete cohort of fifty-nine children involved in care proceedings (legal proceedings to determine whether a local authority should be given parental responsibility for a child) in the year 2004–05 in an English local authority. The study took place between four and six years after the conclusion of proceedings. It looked, first, at whether the plan agreed at the final hearing had been implemented and (whe…
Squeezing the Toothpaste Tube: Will Tackling Court Delay Result in Pre-Court Delay in its Place
This article is the first to report on a study that tracked all the care proceedings initiated by an English local authority over a one-year period, obtaining factual information and opinions from the social workers involved in the case through the use of guided interviews. The main objective of the researchers was to contribute to understanding of ways in which children are kept waiting in difficult and insecure situations for decisions to be ma…
Objects of Concern: Caring for Children during Care Proceedings
This article is the second to look at the fifty-nine children who were made subject to care proceedings in one local authority area in the financial year 2004–05. It focuses on what happened to children during the proceedings and considers how well those responsible for their care during this time (the local authority and others involved in the court process) performed in terms of providing the children with parental care during the process. Whil…
Judgements of Solomon: Anxieties and defences of social workers involved in care proceedings
Evidence from focus group discussions with social workers in child care and child protection was collected for a research project exploring decision‐making in care proceedings and seeking a better understanding of the causes of delay in the process. Here this material is used to examine social workers' feelings about their work and to explore the anxieties they expressed. Isabel Menzies's work on containing anxiety in institutions is used to prov…
Coming to conclusions: Social workers’ perceptions of the decision‐making process in care proceedings
This study reports on an analysis of the transcripts of four focus groups involving social workers from four English social work teams working with children and families. In the groups, social workers discussed the process of coming to a decision in care proceedings (where decisions are made about the future care of a child where there are concerns about the care provided in the family of origin). It explores how social workers described themselv…
What Does ‘Supporting Parents’ Mean?—Parents’ Views
This paper reports on the views of a community sample of 428 parents with primary school-aged children. In a previous study parents had identified that they needed ‘support’. This study was designed to try to understand what types of support parents already have and what support they think needs to be available to them. Most parents use informal support of family and friends and have limited awareness of what is available to them in the way of lo…
Parenting with home-start: Users' views
What are the concerns of parents using Home-Start? Do they differ from a community sample of parents with similar age children? This study explored their experience of using Home-Start and whether it met their needs. It also considers the task for agencies involved in promoting better parenting in relation to parents' own views of what they need
Children in Limbo: Cases Where Court Decisions Have Taken Two Years or More
In spite of section 1(2) of the 1989 Children Act,* the time taken to conclude care proceedings has been getting longer year on year since the Act's implementation. The average length of proceedings in 2001 was about 47 weeks and a significant number of children are having to wait over two years for a court decision. Chris Beckett and Bridget McKeigue looked at a small group of cases where children have waited for over two years. In this article …
Coming to conclusions: Social workers’ perceptions of the decision‐making process in care proceedings
This study reports on an analysis of the transcripts of four focus groups involving social workers from four English social work teams working with children and families. In the groups, social workers discussed the process of coming to a decision in care proceedings (where decisions are made about the future care of a child where there are concerns about the care provided in the family of origin). It explores how social workers described themselv…
Judgements of Solomon: Anxieties and defences of social workers involved in care proceedings
Evidence from focus group discussions with social workers in child care and child protection was collected for a research project exploring decision‐making in care proceedings and seeking a better understanding of the causes of delay in the process. Here this material is used to examine social workers' feelings about their work and to explore the anxieties they expressed. Isabel Menzies's work on containing anxiety in institutions is used to prov…
Children in Limbo: Cases Where Court Decisions Have Taken Two Years or More
In spite of section 1(2) of the 1989 Children Act,* the time taken to conclude care proceedings has been getting longer year on year since the Act's implementation. The average length of proceedings in 2001 was about 47 weeks and a significant number of children are having to wait over two years for a court decision. Chris Beckett and Bridget McKeigue looked at a small group of cases where children have waited for over two years. In this article …
Squeezing the Toothpaste Tube: Will Tackling Court Delay Result in Pre-Court Delay in its Place
This article is the first to report on a study that tracked all the care proceedings initiated by an English local authority over a one-year period, obtaining factual information and opinions from the social workers involved in the case through the use of guided interviews. The main objective of the researchers was to contribute to understanding of ways in which children are kept waiting in difficult and insecure situations for decisions to be ma…
Parenting with home-start: Users' views
What are the concerns of parents using Home-Start? Do they differ from a community sample of parents with similar age children? This study explored their experience of using Home-Start and whether it met their needs. It also considers the task for agencies involved in promoting better parenting in relation to parents' own views of what they need
Permanence and 'Permanence: Outcomes of Family Placements
This article describes a follow-up of a complete cohort of fifty-nine children involved in care proceedings (legal proceedings to determine whether a local authority should be given parental responsibility for a child) in the year 2004–05 in an English local authority. The study took place between four and six years after the conclusion of proceedings. It looked, first, at whether the plan agreed at the final hearing had been implemented and (whe…
Objects of Concern: Caring for Children during Care Proceedings
This article is the second to look at the fifty-nine children who were made subject to care proceedings in one local authority area in the financial year 2004–05. It focuses on what happened to children during the proceedings and considers how well those responsible for their care during this time (the local authority and others involved in the court process) performed in terms of providing the children with parental care during the process. Whil…
What Does ‘Supporting Parents’ Mean?—Parents’ Views
This paper reports on the views of a community sample of 428 parents with primary school-aged children. In a previous study parents had identified that they needed ‘support’. This study was designed to try to understand what types of support parents already have and what support they think needs to be available to them. Most parents use informal support of family and friends and have limited awareness of what is available to them in the way of lo…
Parenting with home-start: Users' views
What are the concerns of parents using Home-Start? Do they differ from a community sample of parents with similar age children? This study explored their experience of using Home-Start and whether it met their needs. It also considers the task for agencies involved in promoting better parenting in relation to parents' own views of what they need
Children in Limbo: Cases Where Court Decisions Have Taken Two Years or More
In spite of section 1(2) of the 1989 Children Act,* the time taken to conclude care proceedings has been getting longer year on year since the Act's implementation. The average length of proceedings in 2001 was about 47 weeks and a significant number of children are having to wait over two years for a court decision. Chris Beckett and Bridget McKeigue looked at a small group of cases where children have waited for over two years. In this article …
What Does ‘Supporting Parents’ Mean?—Parents’ Views
This paper reports on the views of a community sample of 428 parents with primary school-aged children. In a previous study parents had identified that they needed ‘support’. This study was designed to try to understand what types of support parents already have and what support they think needs to be available to them. Most parents use informal support of family and friends and have limited awareness of what is available to them in the way of lo…
Coming to conclusions: Social workers’ perceptions of the decision‐making process in care proceedings
This study reports on an analysis of the transcripts of four focus groups involving social workers from four English social work teams working with children and families. In the groups, social workers discussed the process of coming to a decision in care proceedings (where decisions are made about the future care of a child where there are concerns about the care provided in the family of origin). It explores how social workers described themselv…
Judgements of Solomon: Anxieties and defences of social workers involved in care proceedings
Evidence from focus group discussions with social workers in child care and child protection was collected for a research project exploring decision‐making in care proceedings and seeking a better understanding of the causes of delay in the process. Here this material is used to examine social workers' feelings about their work and to explore the anxieties they expressed. Isabel Menzies's work on containing anxiety in institutions is used to prov…
Squeezing the Toothpaste Tube: Will Tackling Court Delay Result in Pre-Court Delay in its Place
This article is the first to report on a study that tracked all the care proceedings initiated by an English local authority over a one-year period, obtaining factual information and opinions from the social workers involved in the case through the use of guided interviews. The main objective of the researchers was to contribute to understanding of ways in which children are kept waiting in difficult and insecure situations for decisions to be ma…
Objects of Concern: Caring for Children during Care Proceedings
This article is the second to look at the fifty-nine children who were made subject to care proceedings in one local authority area in the financial year 2004–05. It focuses on what happened to children during the proceedings and considers how well those responsible for their care during this time (the local authority and others involved in the court process) performed in terms of providing the children with parental care during the process. Whil…
Permanence and 'Permanence: Outcomes of Family Placements
This article describes a follow-up of a complete cohort of fifty-nine children involved in care proceedings (legal proceedings to determine whether a local authority should be given parental responsibility for a child) in the year 2004–05 in an English local authority. The study took place between four and six years after the conclusion of proceedings. It looked, first, at whether the plan agreed at the final hearing had been implemented and (whe…
Psychology (6 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (5 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Engineering (3 works)