Children and Residential Care in Europe
Nicola Madge (1994)
London: National Children’s Bureau.
What lessons can be learned from the different ways in which residential care is organised throughout Europe? Which countries’ services meet children’s needs most effectively? This book looks broadly at children and child care services, especially residential child care, in the 12 European Union countries and Sweden, to give an overview of national similarities and differences and identify key areas of change, development and concern.
The European Children’s Centre survey on which this report is based was commissioned by The Warner Inquiry into the selection, development and management of staff in children’s homes. Established in the United Kingdom in response to a number of widely-publicised scandals in residential care, the Inquiry recognised the value of looking to other European countries in order to learn from their successes and failures.
Although the present survey was originally intended to inform policy and practice in the United Kingdom, its findings are also highly relevant to other countries. Children and Residential Care in Europe will appeal to a wide readership in Europe and beyond.