Finding black families for black children in care
A case study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3650481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elaine Arnold (London Borough of Camden), Mary James (0000-0002-5941-2101) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 417-425 |
| Publication date | 1989-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369183x.1989.9976129 |
| OpenAlex | W1972813835 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The article describes a project run by Lambeth Social Services and the Independent Adoption Services (IAS) with the purpose of finding substitute homes for black children in care. The project, known as ‘New Black Families’, was highly successful and served to motivate greater effort on the part of Lambeth itself and other local authorities and voluntary agencies to increase their recruitment of black families. However, the project highlights the difficulties of sustaining the collaboration between a large bureaucratic body and small voluntary organisation beyond an initial period
Black male · Bureaucracy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 1995 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |