Children and Young People Looked After?

Education, Intervention and the Everyday Culture of Care in Wales

Other adaptation by Louise Roberts, Dawn Mannay, Alyson Rees

Publication date:

15 February 2019

Length of book:

288 pages

Publisher

University of Wales Press

Dimensions:

216x138mm

ISBN-13: 9781786833556

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Despite a proliferation of legislative action in response to differential outcomes, the relative educational, employment and lifecourse disadvantages of individuals who have experienced the care system remains a pressing issue of widespread international concern. In Wales, a significant body of work has been produced on and with care-experienced children and young people. This edited collection attempts to highlight these valuable insights in a single volume, with contributions from well-established and early career scholars working in different traditions – including education, psychology, policy studies, sociology and social work – to provide a unique opportunity for reflection across disciplinary boundaries and shed new light on common problems and opportunities stimulated by research in the field of social care. The volume introduces a range of contexts and sites – including the home, the school, alternative educational institutions, contact centres, and the natural environment – and reflexively explores changes and continuities within the political and geographical landscape that constitutes Wales. Each chapter introduces insights, reflections and recommendations about the care system and its impacts, which will be useful for readers across geographical contexts who are concerned with improving the lives of children, young people and wider family networks.

List of figures and tables List of contributors Acknowledgements 1. Introduction - Dawn Mannay, Alyson Rees and Louise Roberts I. Education and policy intervention 2. Charting the rise of children and young people looked after in Wales - Martin Elliott 3. Educational interventions for children and young people in care: A review of outcomes, implementation and acceptability - Gwyther Rees, Rachel Brown, Phil Smith and Rhiannon Evans 4. Exploring the educational attainment and achievement of children who are ‘looked after’ in formal kinship care - Rebecca C. Pratchett and Paul Rees 5. Promoting the education of children in care: Reflections of children and carers who have experienced ‘success’ - Paul Rees and Amy Munro 6. Transitions from care to higher education: A case study of a young person’s journey - Gemma Allnatt II. The culture of care and the everyday lives of children and young people 7. The daily lived experiences of foster care: The centrality of food and touch in family life - Alyson Rees 8. The natural environment and its benefits for children and young people looked after - Holly Gordon 9. Factors that promote positive supervised birth family contact for children in care - Joanne Pye and Paul Rees 10. Yet another change: The experience of movement for children and young people looked after - Rebecca Girling 11. ‘A family of my own’: When young people in and leaving state care become parents in Wales - Louise Roberts III. Participatory, qualitative and collaborative approaches 12. Positionality and reflexivity: Conducting qualitative interviews with parents who adopt children from foster care - Claire Palmer 13. Sandboxes, stickers and superheroes: Employing creative techniques to explore the aspirations and experiences of children and young people who are looked after - Dawn Mannay and Eleanor Staples 14. A view from a Pupil Referral Unit: Using participatory methods with young people in an education setting - Phil Smith 15. Enabling care-experienced young people’s participation in research: CASCADE Voices - Eleanor Staples, Louise Roberts, Jennifer Lyttleton-Smith, Sophie Hallett and CASCADE Voices 16. Lights, camera, action: Translating research findings into policy and practice impacts with music, film and artwork - Dawn Mannay, Louisa Roberts, Eleanor Staples and Ministry of Life IV. Conclusion 17 Conclusion - Dawn Mannay, Alyson Rees and Louise Roberts Index