Statham, June;
Mooney, Ann;
(2006)
Location, location, location: the importance of place in care work with children.
In: Boddy, Janet and Cameron, Claire and Moss, Peter, (eds.)
Care Work: Present and Future.
(pp. 71-89).
Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group: London, UK.
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Abstract
Caring demands a setting, ‘a physical space to embody caring tasks’ (Peace 1998: 107). In the case of informal care, this is most often a domestic setting, either the care provider’s or the care recipient’s own home. In the case of formal care services, the situation is more varied and complex. The issue of where care work takes place is fundamental to the policy of community care, which prioritises community-based domestic settings over institutional care for a wide variety of groups including older people, those who are disabled and those who are mentally ill. The significance of location has been less explicitly acknowledged in debates about care, education and welfare services for children. However, the notion of place is becoming increasingly central to many current policy issues concerning children’s needs and services. For example, is it preferable to expand nursery provision based in institutions such as schools or children’s centres or increase parental leave and allowances, which would promote home-based care for very young children? How can disabled children be included in mainstream rather than specialist settings? Are residential children’s homes able to provide a suitable alternative for children who need to be looked after by the state? Should different care, education and welfare services for young children be provided in one place – such as an integrated children’s centre – or in separate settings? The development of ‘extended schools’, providing a base for a range of services such as childcare, parent education and family support as well as children’s education, is the most recent reflection of the growing attention being given to location in public policy in developing care and other services for children.
| Type: | Book chapter |
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| Title: | Location, location, location: the importance of place in care work with children |
| ISBN-13: | 978-0-415-34773-0 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.routledge.com/Care-Work-Present-and-Fu... |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1507240 |
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