Independent Fostering Providers
Predators or Pioneers, Partners or Procured
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11941238 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clive Sellick (University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-43 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Adoption & Fostering (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-5759 • E-ISSN: 1740-469X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/030857591103500105 |
| OpenAlex | W1978274779 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 16 |
The development of foster care as the placement of choice for children in care in Britain has been encouraged both in policy and practice. This has been accompanied by the severe reduction in residential care facilities for children and young people and the crisis in recruiting and retaining sufficient numbers of local authority approved and registered foster carers. The result has been a steady growth in the number of independent fostering providers (IFPs) and the increasing proportion of looked after children placed with their agencies' foster carers. In the past 20 years or so, the independent sector has become a major provider of placements and related children's services and this has presented local authorities with considerable cost. During this time, collaboration between local authority commissioners and independent fostering providers has gone through many different phases. By examining a series of linked studies between 1997 and 2010, Clive Sellick explores how the experiences and views of social workers, managers and foster carers have influenced the identities of the IFPs, the working relationships and organisational arrangements which have developed between staff and carers of both sectors and the impact of related policy throughout the New Labour era (1997–2010) in the UK
Business · Foster care · Local authority · Political science · Public relations · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration
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Baaf's Role in the Development of the Foster Care Service
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Foster-Care Commissioning in an Age of Austerity
Establishing Social Work Practices in England
The Fragmentation of Social Work and Social Care
Exploring the Anti-professional Turn in English Foster Care
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Calculating the costs of local authority care for children with contrasting needs
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Relational Contracting Between Local Authorities and Independent Fostering Providers
Independent Fostering Agencies
The Aims and Principles of Independent Fostering Agencies
Towards the Disintegration of Child Welfare Services
Commissioning Permanent Fostering Placements from External Providers
The Views of Children and Young People on Being Cared For by an Independent Foster-Care Provider
A Description and Analysis of Multi-Sectoral Fostering Practice in the United Kingdom
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |