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Informationen zum Autor Ian Sinclair and Ian Gibbs are the authors of Children's Homes: A Study in Diversity, published by Wiley. Klappentext Children's homes have cultures which vary from the benign to the malignant. Using a distinctive ?cross-institutional? design, this study of 48 children's homes shows how some were characterised by widespread bullying, delinquency and low morale among both staff and residents whilst others were relatively peaceful and friendly. These differences are explained by the way these homes were resourced, managed and run, thus providing lessons for the future. This accessible text provides a much-needed insight into the management of children's homes and the impact on their residents perspectives from a large sample of children, parents, staff and social workers an examination of the effect on staff and residents of features such as the size of the home, staff ratios, the proportion of trained staff and the approach of the head Commissioned by the Department of Health, this study is essential reading for practitioners in the social and welfare services and others with an interest in the well-being of deprived, troubled or delinquent young people. Zusammenfassung This text is based upon a research report! approved by the Department of Health! about the assessment! measurement and production of good quality care in children's homes. It addresses the continuing debate about the uncertainty surrounding the purpose of children's homes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction to the study; the roles of residential care - the social workers' view; the role of residential care - the views of parents; the role of residential care - the resident's view; the roles of residential care - the view in retrospect; the homes - the basic details; the homes - management and regime; the home - the heads' philosophy; the homes - the staff world; the resident's world - outside contacts; the resident's world - amenities and social climate; resident's behaviour and subjective well-being; outcomes - variations in immediate impact; outcomes - variations in long-term impact. Appendices: representativeness of the samples; relative roles of social workers and homes; ethnicity; behaviour and development of young people. ...
