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© British Association of Social Workers

The Problems of Managing the Family Contacts of Children in Residential Care

ROGER BULLOCK, KENNETH HOSIE, MICHAEL LITTLE and SPENCER MILLHAM

The authors work at the Dartington Social Research Unit in the School of Applied Social Studies, University of Bristol. The study was part of a wider project funded by the Department of Health which sought to develop practice guidelines from research findings on the family links of children in local authority care.

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The study explores the problems of managing the family contacts of children in residential care. It focuses on the family links experienced by two children undergoing a two month long period of observation and assessment. It is seen that the family links of these children take a low priority, particularly as social work plans change and the informal world of the institution becomes pervasive. The outcomes of the two cases are charted.


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