The core of care: Essential ingredients for the development of children at home and away from home

Maier, Henry W.

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“…Workers rarely have any involvement with the design or building of residential care centres (Maier, 1979). They are, more often than not, challenged with how best to adapt the present setting to fit with their interpretation of a homely environment.…”

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Governance of the table: Regulation of food and eating practices in residential care for young people

Byrne

2016

Administration

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This paper explores how food and eating practices are governed in residential care for young people and who or what governs the table in residential care centres. The governance of everyday food and eating practices in residential care is multifaceted and conducted on multiple levels by external and internal authority and regulation. This paper draws on Coveney's 2008 theory on 'the government of the table' that builds on the Foucauldian perspective of governmentality to explore the interplay between internal and external regulation, which in turn highlights the tensions between institutional and homely aspects of residential care. The approach taken involves an exploratory, sequential mixed-methods design of focused ethnography in five centres, a survey of ninety-two social care practitioners working in the field and a review of Health Information and Quality Authority inspection reports.

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Governance of the table: Regulation of food and eating practices in residential care for young people

Byrne

2016

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“…Without a Dolls' House, the Matrusha Doll metaphor leaves out a core feature associated with social work and child care practice in any culture (Maier, 1 9 7 9 ;1981). A Doll's House emphasises the significance of culture in giving meaning to virtually every event that takes place between worker and child in a particular setting.…”

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“…When predictability in caring relationships is combined with a feeling of CULTURAL ORIGINS OF THE CONTEMPORARY FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCE dependability in relationships, then a child's whole being is pro-actively cared for (Maier, 1979), not just her/his biopsycho-social functioning. Hope is thus rekindled and opportunities for positive service outcomes enhanced (Maier, 1981).…”

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Cutural origins of the contemporary family group conference

Fulcher

1999

Child Care in Practice

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“…However, such solutions will not be developed easily. While influential theory and literature across the decades has continually championed the positive and potentially therapeutic contribution that group and/or residential care can provide (Maier, 1979;Smith, 2009), the tendency of other professional groups to downplay this beyond the physical provision of care remains a significant problem. Research in Scotland continues to demonstrate a continual tendency to place children and young people in residential child care as a last resort after all other options have been considered (McPheat et al, 2007) while analysis elsewhere highlights how residential child care placements are generally regarded as a second-best option, especially when compared to family-based foster care (Berridge et al, 2012).…”

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Social Pedagogy: Developing and Maintaining Multi-Disciplinary Relationships in Residential Child Care

Vrouwenfelder

McPheat

2017

International Journal of Social Pedagogy

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The task of building and maintaining effective multi-disciplinary relationships is a constant challenge for the residential child care sector in Scotland. The absence of effective multi-disciplinary collaboration has been cited regularly as a contributing factor to instances of poor and problematic practice. Social pedagogy has much to offer in terms of enabling the residential child care sector to address some of these issues and assist with the task of establishing effective multi-disciplinary relationships. This article will explore how this can be achieved in practice, drawing on research based on multi-disciplinary social pedagogy training delivered in Scotland. The evidence demonstrates that social pedagogy can begin to break down the very real barriers that often prevent residential child care practitioners from developing and maintaining multi-disciplinary relationships. It can assist with the task of developing a shared language and understanding; the creation of a clear focus on the developmental needs of children and young people; and a more nuanced approach to dealing with issues of risk. The messages from this article will hold relevance for the professions of residential child care, health and education and be applicable to practitioners throughout Europe and beyond.dEvEloPiNG aNd MaiNtaiNiNG MUlti-diSCiPliNarY rElatioNShiPS iN Child CarE 65

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The core of care: Essential ingredients for the development of children at home and away from home

Cited by 52 publications

References 4 publications

Governance of the table: Regulation of food and eating practices in residential care for young people

Governance of the table: Regulation of food and eating practices in residential care for young people

Cutural origins of the contemporary family group conference

Social Pedagogy: Developing and Maintaining Multi-Disciplinary Relationships in Residential Child Care

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