?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Support+Foster+Care%3A+developing+a+short-break+service+for+children+in+need&rft.creator=Greenfields%2C+Margaret&rft.creator=Statham%2C+June&rft.description=Under+section+20+of+the+Children+Act+1989%2C+local+authorities+can+provide+short+breaks+for+children+with+foster+or+other+families.+The+majority+of+such+placements+are+used+to+support+the+families+of+disabled+children%2C+but+they+may+also+be+used+in+other+circumstances.+Support+foster+care+schemes+aim+to+work+with+families+who+are+experiencing+difficulties+or+stress+by+providing+short+breaks+for+children+and+support+for+parents.+Such+schemes+have+been+slow+to+develop%2C+and+the+Department+of+Health+commissioned+the+Thomas+Coram+Research+Unit+to+carry+out+a+small-scale+study+to+find+out+more+about+the+barriers%2C+legal+and+otherwise%2C+that+might+be+deterring+local+authorities+from+establishing+support+care+schemes%2C+and+how+such+barriers+might+be+overcome.+This+report+summarises+the+findings.&rft.publisher=Institute+of+Education%2C+University+of+London&rft.date=2004-08&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++Institute+of+Education%2C+University+of+London%3A+London.+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10000073%2F1%2FSupport_foster_care.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10000073%2F&rft.rights=open