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Quality Matters in Children’s Services

Edited by Mike Stein, Research Professor, University of York

The provision of high quality children’s services matters to those who use and provide children’s services. This important series is the result of an extensive government-funded research initiative into the Quality Protects programme which aimed to improve outcomes for vulnerable children, as well as transform the management and delivery of children’s services. Focussing on current challenges in making every child matter, titles in the series are essential reading for all those working in the field.

Consultant Editor: Caroline Thomas, Senior Research Fellow, University of Stirling, and academic adviser to the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

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Child Protection, Domestic Violence and Parental Substance Misuse

Family Experiences and Effective Practice

Hedy Cleaver, Don Nicholson, Sukey Tarr and Deborah Cleaver

This book draws on a wide range of evidence to explore the facts about the relationship between substance misuse and domestic violence and their effect on children, and examines the response of children's services when there are concerns about the safety and welfare of children.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-582-4, 232pp, 2007, £19.99, $39.95

Categories: Working with Children and Families, Working with Offenders

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Kinship Care

Fostering Effective Family and Friends Placements

Elaine Farmer and Sue Moyers

Children are frequently cared for by relatives and friends when parents, for whatever reason, are unable to care for their children themselves. Yet there has been very little information about how well children do when placed with kin or how safe they are in these placements.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-631-9, 256pp, 2008, £22.99, $45.00

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Social Work, Working with Children and Families

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The Pursuit of Permanence

A Study of the English Child Care System

Ian Sinclair, Claire Baker, Jenny Lee and Ian Gibbs

Children in public care complain that they have too many placements. Professionals agree but little is known about the reasons for this instability or how it affects different groups of children. The Pursuit of Permanence explores this core issue for children's services.

Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84310-595-4, 320pp, 2007, £29.99, $60.00

Categories: Adoption and Fostering, Social Policy, Working with Children and Families

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