Out-of-Home Care: Bringing up Children in a Professional Way
Looking on the social pedagogy profession from a Viennese point of view
Learning and Development
‘Physical Development in the Early Years Foundation Stage’ by Angela D Nurse
A useful text book for practitioners
‘S/NVQ Level 3 Health Award’ by Julia Watling and others
A standard text book for carers and health workers
Of Dissertations and Disclosures
Letting people express themselves in their own time and in their own ways
Residential Child Care, the Under-valued, Unacknowledged and Untrained Profession
A Personal Statement I believe that a significant number of troubled children and young people are best helped by the provision of residential child care. Amongst these I would include those who, though they may for the time being not be able to live with their families, nonetheless have such a strong feeling of belonging … Read more
Editorial : A Prejudice that Needs to be Shifted
Why are so many field social workers opposed to residential child care?
Training and Education: A Message from Valerie Jackson
A few months ago, an invitation went out to our readers to let us know, if they were professionals working with children and/or young people in whatever capacity, to contact us and inform us about the qualifications and training within their countries. We didn’t receive a particularly positive response. In fact there were about three … Read more
Reforming Youth Welfare in Serbia
The development of training and the introduction of family group conferences
Introducing an MA Degree Course in Residential Care and Boarding Education at York St John University
The focus is residential care and boarding education.
‘A Place Called Hope’ by Tom O’Neill
Personal experiences of the care system shaped professional thinking.
‘Patterns of Residential Care: Sociological Studies in Institutions for Handicapped Children’ by Roy D King, Norma V Raynes and Jack Tizard
Research which led to change and some unexpected findings
‘Practical EYFS Handbook’ by Penny Tassoni
A textbook for students geared to current UK systems