This major report reports the findings of a 3 year study on family and friends carers who are raising children unable to live with their parents. Conducted by Joan Hunt from University of Oxford with Family Rights Group and funded by the Big Lottery, the study explores the link between the child’s needs, support and legal status. It finds conclusively that support bears little relationships to need, but is primarily determined by whether a child is in the care system or not, regardless of the difficulties and adversities they may have experienced.
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It’s just not fair: Support, need and legal status in family and friends care
You can read the individual chapters of this study by following the links below.
Chapter 2: Carer and professional perspectives: an overview
Chapter 3: Kinship foster care - an increasingly reliable passport to support
Chapter 4: Special guardianship - a variable second best
Chapter 5: Doubly disadvantaged - informal kinship care
Chapter 6: Deciding on initial legal status: private or local authority placement?
Chapter 7: Private law orders as a diversion from care proceedings
Chapter 8: Interim orders in care proceedings
Chapter 9: Deciding on long term legal status
Chapter 10: Levelling the playing field: information, advice and advocacy
Chapter 11: Specialisation in the delivery of kinship care services