Reports and guides
Family and Friends Care
A Survival Guide for Family and Friends Carers By Anne Morgan
Becoming a family or friend carer is a complex and at times stressful role, one that changes the life of the primary carer and has an impact on all members of the family. A Survival Guide for Family and Friends Carers explores the emotional impact caring has on all family members and offers some ideas for reducing stress and getting support. This guide is aimed at those people who care for a child who is a family member or a child of a friend.
Price: £5.00 (excl p&p) for professionals, free for carers.
Getting Together - A Guide To Setting Up And Running A Support Group by Alison Richards
The "Second Time Around - A Survey of Grandparents Raising their Grandchildren" survey found that those minority grandparent carers who had attended support groups said that it had made a positive difference to their lives, and most others said that that a support group would have been of great help. As a result, the Family Policy Unit (now in the Department for Education and Skills) has funded Family Rights Group to produce this guide which examines how to set up and run a support group. This guide is based very much on the suggestions of support group leaders, and also includes material contained in Family Rights Group's original guide to setting up a support group called "Getting Going", published in 1990. The guide is aimed at anyone who is caring for a grandchild, and will also be useful for anyone who wishes to form a support group for whatever reason.
Price: £5.00 (excl p&p) for professionals, free for carers.
Training Pack: Here We Go Again - A Support Programme for Grandparent Carers
Here We Go Again is a 8 week support programme designed for grandparent carer support groups, with notes and exercises for facilitators, and handouts for participants. The materials will also be of benefit to grandparents who are raising their grandchildren, and who are not in a support group but would like help with dealing with their caring role. The course covers the legal, practical and emotional issues affecting grandparent carers and their grandchildren, such as special educational needs, financial options and relationships with other members of the family.
Price: free for carers £90.00 (excl p&p) for professionals - includes one facilitator file and five participant files £25.00 for facilitators file and £15.00 for a participants file.
Growing up in the Care of Relatives and Friends edited by Mike Doolan, Paul Nixon and Patrice Lawrence
Growing Up in the Care of Relatives or Friends is a must for practitioners, managers and policy makers who want to improve practice and services for children in family and friends care (also known as kinship care). This book sets out findings from action based research projects in two Local Authorities that consulted extensively with children, caregivers and social workers about `what works' with this distinct care type. It is packed with quotes and ideas from all the key participants in the consultations.
Published: June 2004. Size: A5, 144pp. Price: £12.00 (£13.80 incl p&p)
Second Time Around - A Survey of Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren by Alison Richards
This report describes a survey of 180 grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. It describes the circumstances in which they have taken on the caring role, and explores what has and hasn't worked for them as carers. The report draws together a list of messages arising out of the survey and makes recommendations for changes to the law and practice.
Published: September 2001; Size: A4, 108pp. Price: £12.95 (£14.90 incl p&p)
Second Time Around - A Guide for Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren by Alison Richards
In September 2001, Family Rights Group published "Second Time Around - A Survey of Grandparents Raising their Grandchildren". As part of that survey, grandparents were asked what they would like in a guide for people in their situation. This guide is based very much on the suggestions of those grandparents. It will be of use to grandparent carers, their supporters and advisers, and professionals working with grandparent carers.
Published: February 2002. Size: A4, 46pp. Price: £5.00 (£5.75 incl p&p)
Special Guardianship - what does it offer children who cannot live with their parents? A Family Rights Group Reader, Edited by Leonie Jordan and Bridget Lindley
A Family Rights Group Reader, Edited by Leonie Jordan and Bridget Lindley, March 2006 Special Guardianship is a new private law order that the court can make to secure the placement of children who are living with someone other than their parents on a long term basis. The Special Guardianship reader Represents that culmination of an important project funded by the Nuffield Foundation. It fully explores the potential implications of the order for permanency decisions for children.With an introduction by Lady Justice Hale, the book contains chapters by High Court Judge Sir James Munby, Professor June Thoburn, grandparent carer Robin Derriman and other legal and social care practitioners.
Published: March 2006. Size: A5. Price: £12.00 (excl p&p)