In the late 1960s the child care service had undergone considerable change, and was to change again after the Seebohm Committee had reported. Yet its central tasks had become clear: preventive work; the reception of children into care, work with them and their parents during the period of care; the selection of foster parents; work with foster parents, and with residential staff; and adoption.
Originally published in 1968, the present work devotes a chapter to each of these important tasks, and examines the role of the child care staff within the local authority department at the time, though many of the arguments of the book will also be applicable to the work of the voluntary child care organisations of the day.
Author(s): Elisabeth Pugh
Series: Routledge Revivals
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 130
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Table of Contents
General Editor’s Introduction
1 Introduction and History
Introduction
Historical Background
The Children Act 1948
2 Working with Parents and Children at Home
Background
Co-Ordination of Work with Families
Action in Cases of Neglect and Ill-Treatment
A Family Casework Service
The Children and Young Persons Act 1963
Family Casework in a Local Authority Setting
3 Reception into Care
Background
Legal Provisions
The Need for Short-Term Reception into Care
The Parent and the Child Care Officer
Recording
The Child and the Child Care Officer
Pressures on the Child Care Officer
4 The Child in Care and His Family
Working with Parents
Legal Position of Parents Under the Children Act 1948
Legal Position of Parents in ‘Fit Person’ Cases
Parental Contributions to Child’s Maintenance
The Plan
The Child
5 Foster Care
The Development of Foster Care
The Selection of Foster Parents
Boarding-Out Allowances
The Child Care Officer and the Foster Parent
Foster Parents and Natural Parents
The Child Care Officer and the Foster Child
Children Fostered Privately Under the Children Act 1958
Protected Children Under the Adoption Act 1958
Children Fostered Privately and Protected Children
6 Residential Care
Development and Present Function
Reception Centres, Nurseries and Children’s Homes
The Residential Worker
The Parent and the Residential Worker
Working with the Child in Residential Care
The Residential Worker and the Child Care Officer
7 Adoption
General
The Registration of Adoption Societies
The Children’s Committee as Adoption Agency
Supervision of Children Placed for Adoption
The Duties of Guardian ad Litem
The Selection of Children for Adoption
Adoptive Parents
Natural Parents
Further Considerations
8 The Children’s Department
Relationship with the Community
Parliament and the Home Office
Local Government; the Council and the Children’s Committee
Professional Child Care Worker and Committee Member
The Children’s Officer
Senior Staff
The Child Care Officer
Suggestions for Further Reading
Bibliography
