Making Residential Care Work: Structure and Culture in Children's Homes

by Elizabeth Brown, Caroline Hobson, Roger Bullock, et al.

This book was originally published in 1998, when over 6,000 children lived in residential homes in England and Wales. The fact that some children's homes are better than others is well established, but why should this be so? Past answers have tended to be tautologous - rather on the lines of 'a good home is one where children do well; children do well because they are in a good home.'

This study examines various aspects of children's homes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367134780
• ISBN13: 9780367134785
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.5"