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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Brannen, Julia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Child care workers > Great Britain.
Child care services > Great Britain.
Children > Institutional care > Great Britain.
Travailleurs spécialisés dans le soin des enfants > Grande-Bretagne.
Garde des enfants > Grande-Bretagne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Work.
Child care services.
Child care workers.
Children > Institutional care.
Great Britain.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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