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Coming to care : the work and family lives of workers caring for vulnerable children /

Public social services are increasingly being individualised in order to better meet the differentiated needs of competent and independent citizens and to promote the effectiveness of social interventions. This book addresses this development, focusing on a new type of social services that has becom...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brannen, Julia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting the scene
  • The study
  • The origins of a care ethic in care workers' childhoods
  • Entering care work with vulnerable children
  • Care workers' careers and identities : change and continuity
  • What do vulnerable children need? Understandings of care
  • Experiences of care work
  • Leavers, movers and stayers
  • Managing care work and family life
  • Conclusions and policy implications.