Ian Sinclair

The decision whether or not to reunify a child in care with their birth family is one of the most serious taken by children's services,…

Children in public care complain that they have too many placements. Professionals agree but little is known about the reasons for this instability or how…

Care services for children depend on a limited supply of resources; it is vital that these are used to best effect. This book considers the…

What happens to looked-after children in the longer term? This book analyses the outcomes of a large-scale study of foster children in the UK. It…

* What are the consequences of fostering for children, their carers and their birth families? * What are the best ways of recruiting, retaining and…

How can we determine success in foster placements? Based on exhaustive research, the authors discuss the primary concerns in foster placement planning, considering the high…

Foster carers look after two-thirds of the children cared for by English local authorities at any one time. The recruitment and retention of these carers…