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1 online resource (174 pages) |
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data file rda |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- The Children of Looked after Children: Outcomes, Experiences and Ensuring Meaningful Support to Young Parents In and Leaving Care -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of tables -- About the author and contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- My interest in and commitment to the research -- Overview of the study -- Aims of the book -- Recurring themes and questions -- A note on language -- Structure and overview -- 2 Early pregnancy risk and missed opportunities to plan for parenthood -- Introduction and background |
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Efforts to reduce teenage pregnancy -- Methods and results -- SHRN Health and Wellbeing Survey -- Results -- Findings from the Voices study -- The system has it covered: professional confidence in available support and expertise -- Threats to the effectiveness of the system -- Limited resources -- 'Responsible' corporate parenting -- Individual choice and control -- Discussion: heightened vulnerability and continuing risk of unplanned pregnancy -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- 3 Outcomes for parents in and leaving care: parenting 'success' and corporate parenting failure |
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Introduction and background -- Methods and results -- The Wales Adoption Study -- Results -- Survey of local authority leaving-care teams -- Results -- Discussion: resilience in spite of adversity and problematic corporate parent relationships -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- 4 Professional perspectives: assessing parenting potential and managing dual responsibilities -- Introduction and background -- Findings from the Voices study -- The foundations for parenting success -- Procedures, planning and expectations of practice -- Disadvantage and dual responsibilities |
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Discussion: systemic disadvantage and limited corporate parenting protection -- Conclusion -- 5 The experiences of parents: hopes, anxieties and reflections -- Introduction and background -- Findings from the Voices study -- Becoming a parent -- Initial shock and early commitment -- Wanting to be better and do better -- Fear and mistrust of social workers -- Reflecting on parenthood -- Struggle and 'success' -- Continuing struggle and perceived failure -- Discussion: enduring stigma, and the residual threat of social work intervention -- Conclusion |
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6 Responding to diverse needs: support availability, sustainability and acceptability -- Introduction and background -- Findings from the Voices study -- The potential for multiple and multifaceted support needs -- Parental determination, engagement and responsibility -- Informal support: having someone by your side -- Formal support: availability, acceptability and adequacy -- Experiences of support: personalised options, 'voluntary' engagement and perceived benefit -- Discussion: diverse needs, passive corporate parents and absent corporate grandparents -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements |
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7 Conclusion: if this were my child. |
| Summary |
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Based on groundbreaking original research, this book provides a comprehensive account of the issues surrounding pregnancy and parenthood for young people in and leaving care, considering the role of state as corporate parent and grandparent. |
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Children -- Institutional care -- Great Britain.
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Teenage parents -- Services for -- Great Britain.
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Children of teenage mothers -- Care -- Great Britain.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Roberts, Louise The Children of Looked After Children Bristol : Policy Press,c2021 9781447354291 |
| ISBN |
9781447354307 (electronic book) |
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1447354303 (electronic book) |
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