Guest editorial
Maclean, Kirstie (2003) Guest editorial. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2 (2). ISSN 1478-1840
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Abstract
After just over 3 years as Director of the Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care (SIRCC), I am returning to work in the Social Work Services Inspectorate. This has caused me to reflect on whether anything has changed in residential care over that period and, if so, what and why. It is my conviction that there has been change, although much of the change is quite small, gradual and, to some extent, fragile. Nevertheless, it leads me to believe that a corner has been turned. The old side of the corner often had residential care viewed as in decline and a last resort; the new side of the corner has residential child care increasingly seen as a positive choice for some children and young people and a valued part of the placement spectrum.
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Item type: Article ID code: 86286 Dates: DateEvent31 August 2003PublishedSubjects: Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare > Social service. Social work. Charity organization and practice Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection (CELCIS) Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 25 Jul 2023 13:35 Last modified: 09 Apr 2024 04:14 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/86286