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Volume 13 Number 2 Year 2007

7 articles in this issue 

Elizabeth Harlow

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Elizabeth Harlow,Nick Frost

This paper is a development of the scene setting presentation made by Nick Frost, Professor of Social Work (Children, childhood and families), at the ‘Fostering Matters’ symposium that was held at the University of Salford in March 2007. By focussing on t... see more

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Jo Dixon

This paper focuses on the early career outcomes of young people leaving care. It draws upon the findings of a study of young people leaving care in seven English local authorities under The Children Leaving Care Act 2000 (CLCA), to explore the extent of p... see more

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Janette Logan,Clive Sellick

Since the 1980s, the fostering and adoption of children by lesbians and gay men in the United Kingdom has gained considerable acceptance in legislation and policy. This paper traces these changes, particularly those occurring during the New Labour period ... see more

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Elizabeth Harlow,Foluke Blackburn

The views of stakeholders are increasingly seen as important to the delivery of services. The perspectives of foster carers therefore, can contribute to the organisation, management and provision of placements to children who are looked after by the local... see more

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