On the margin? Residential child care in Scotland and Finland

Francis, Joe; Kendrick, Andrew; Pösö, Tarja

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“…It is now generally accepted in the UK that large-scale residential institutions, which are poorly staffed and inadequately resourced are not conducive environments for the optimal development of children (Francis, Kendrick, & Poso, 2007;Pringle, 1998). However, various commentators have argued that residential care has a crucial role in the range of services available to older children and should not be seen as a last resort, but a complementary service with foster care (SIRCC, 2006).…”

Section: The Past 40 Yearsmentioning

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Children Looked After in England – Reflections on the Past, Present and Future

Gupta

2015

Children Australia

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This paper explores the debates surrounding out-of-home care for children who are unable to live with their birth parents and become looked after by the state in England. The historical context for the provision of out-of-home care is considered. Themes, including the use of residential care, foster care, adoption and placements of children from Black and minority ethnic children, are identified. These themes are reexamined in light of the current political and policy context, including the impact of globalisation. The paper concludes some reflections on future trends.

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Section: The Past 40 Yearsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Children Looked After in England – Reflections on the Past, Present and Future

Gupta

2015

Children Australia

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“…A comparative study on Scotland and Finland highlights challenges that face many European countries concerning how, when and to what extent such services should be used for the best interest of the child (Francis et al 2007). A follow-up study from 1985 emphasized conditions for residential care units in the UK.…”

Section: R E S I D E N T I a L Ca R Ementioning

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Home sweet home? Professionals' understanding of ‘home’ within residential care for unaccompanied youths in Sweden

Söderqvist

Sjöblom

Bülow

2014

Child & Family Social Work

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A B S T R AC TThe number of unaccompanied minors arriving in Sweden continues to rise. The majority are placed in residential care units. This qualitative study aims to increase the understanding given by the professionals to the concept of 'home' within the framework of residential care for unaccompanied young people. Data are based on participatory observations at two residential care units, followed up by individual interviews with staff. The findings confirm that the concept of home has a complex meaning involving both objective aspects such as physical buildings, and more subjective components that can be seen as state of mind. The staff's desire to offer an 'ordinary home' fails because of the surveillance, their dominant positions and especially due to the legal restrictions that were not initially meant for this target group. Unaccompanied young people have to be considered based on their own specific needs in order to make it possible for society to offer the most suitable care.

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“…(Johnson, Browne, and Hamilton-Giachritsis 2006, 36) Although it took some time for neurobiology to catch up with Bowlby's theories, the effect of his work was hugely influential and led to the closure of many institutions. This is particularly so in the UK where there are now very few institutions of residential care for orphaned children; most children will only stay in one of these institutions for a short period of time before being housed with a foster family and perhaps eventually becoming adopted (see Browne et al 2005;Francis, Kendrick, and Poso 2007).…”

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“…Traditionally, orphans have been cared for in institutional settings; however, over the past 100 years in particular, the system of institutional care has come under intense criticism, with foster care often seen as better value and having better outcomes for the children cared for. However, residential care in some form continues to exist, being prevalent in a number of European countries, and predominant in many East European countries such as Russia (Browne et al 2005;Francis, Kendrick, and Poso 2007).…”

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“…There have been a number of excellent studies from various disciplinary backgrounds which have detailed the negative effects of institutional care on children, particularly in psychology, paediatrics and social work (O'Connor et al 2000;Browne et al 2005;Eluvathingal et al 2006;Francis, Kendrick, and Poso 2007;Milligan 2007;IJzendoorn, Luijk, and Juffer 2008). However, there remains very little research which draws upon qualitative or particularly ethnographic research which can reveal the actual lived experience of these spaces of care, and this is particularly so in Geography.…”

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Complex spaces of orphan care – a Russian therapeutic children's community

Disney

2013

Children's Geographies

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Institutions of orphan care are immensely complex spaces imbued with social and cultural norms, and can exhibit intricate power relations and particularly severe examples of surveillance. While there have been numerous excellent quantitative studies of these institutions, they reveal little of the complexity and heterogeneity of the spaces, and there remains a need for more qualitative and particularly ethnographic studies of spaces of orphan care to reveal their nuances. Drawing upon the author's reflections on a highly unusual space of orphan care, this article makes two major contributions to Children's Geographies: (1) it employs a sorely neglected aspect of Foucault's work in Children's Geographies, Mettray, in analysing surveillance and discipline in an institution providing care to orphaned children and (2) It highlights the heterogeneity of these spaces and provides an example of best practice in spaces of orphan care.

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On the margin? Residential child care in Scotland and Finland

Cited by 13 publications

References 9 publications

Children Looked After in England – Reflections on the Past, Present and Future

Children Looked After in England – Reflections on the Past, Present and Future

Home sweet home? Professionals' understanding of ‘home’ within residential care for unaccompanied youths in Sweden

Complex spaces of orphan care – a Russian therapeutic children's community

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