eprintid: 10000073 rev_number: 27 eprint_status: archive userid: 587 source: pure dir: disk0/00/00/00/73 datestamp: 2009-03-05 17:28:48 lastmod: 2017-12-07 21:01:40 status_changed: 2009-03-05 17:28:48 type: report metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Greenfields, Margaret creators_name: Statham, June creators_id: creators_id: j.statham@ioe.ac.uk title: Support Foster Care: developing a short-break service for children in need ispublished: pub divisions: B14 note: Published in joint DfES/Institute of Education series 'Understanding Children's Social Care' (independently peer reviewed and widely distributed through government regional offices). abstract: Under section 20 of the Children Act 1989, 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, 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, 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, legal and otherwise, that might be deterring local authorities from establishing support care schemes, and how such barriers might be overcome. This report summarises the findings. date: 2004-08 date_type: published publisher: Institute of Education, University of London oa_status: green language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green full_text_status: public place_of_pub: London pages: 56 refereed: FALSE isbn: 0854736972 citation: Greenfields, Margaret; Statham, June; (2004) Support Foster Care: developing a short-break service for children in need. Institute of Education, University of London: London. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10000073/1/Support_foster_care.pdf