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BJSW Advance Access originally published online on May 3, 2005
British Journal of Social Work 2005 35(5):761-767; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bch284
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Association of Social Workers. All rights reserved.

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Critical Commentary

Looked After Children: Time for Change?

Charlotte Ritchie

Researcher in, and Deputy Director of, the Centre for Research into Parenting and Children at Oxford University

Correspondence to Dr Charlotte Ritchie, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford, 32 Wellington Square, Oxford IX1 2ER. E-mail: charlotte.ritchie@ socres.ox.ac.uk

At a time of increasing focus on evidence-based practice, this paper invites readers to question the basis of our public care system and to evaluate the increasing move towards kinship care in the light of the evidence.

Keywords: looked after, public care, child protection, welfare


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