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Foster Care In Ireland, Rosemary Horgan
Foster Care In Ireland, Rosemary Horgan
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
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But That's Not What I Meant: Meaning-Making In Foster Care, Thom Garfat
But That's Not What I Meant: Meaning-Making In Foster Care, Thom Garfat
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
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Relative Care: Issues For Social Care Workers?, Valerie O'Brien
Relative Care: Issues For Social Care Workers?, Valerie O'Brien
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
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From Family To Care: Issues For The Child, Paul Bailey
From Family To Care: Issues For The Child, Paul Bailey
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
It is still widely held that the traditional or conventional nuclear family is the only suitable environment in which children can grow up and that any deviation from this norm puts children at a considerable disadvantage (Kahan, 1989). The vulnerability of children and young people coming into residential care in Ireland due to their dysfunctional family experiences, and how coming into residential care and their subsequent experience therein can sometimes further increase this level of vulnerability for the adolescent child has been well documented. This paper discusses the question: What can we, as residential child care workers and agencies, do …
Mental Health, Adolescents And Children: A Comparative Analysis Of The Practice/Policy Interface, John S. G. Wells
Mental Health, Adolescents And Children: A Comparative Analysis Of The Practice/Policy Interface, John S. G. Wells
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Mental health services for children and adolescents in Ireland exist in a state of ambiguity. Services operate within a context of resource constraints and increasing demand. The result is that practitioners have to prioritise the client groups according to policy dictates. In Ireland the policy priority is children at risk of physical and sexual abuse. Utilising current literature in the field, this paper discusses the potential consequences of such a focus for clients, practitioners and policy through a comparative analysis with the United Kingdom. It is argued that a lack of legislative clarity, combined with a focus on abuse has …