TY - JOUR
T1 - From 'another kind of home' to 'a different kind of family'. Re-understanding how residential child care can work
AU - Smart, Max
AU - Thorpe, Andy
PY - 2020/3/31
Y1 - 2020/3/31
N2 - A different kind of family may seem a strange thing to attribute to residential childcare, and yet, longevity of care and caring has been achieved in a local authority residential service in Scotland. Lothian Villa in East Lothian has historically provided nurturing supportive care that has been lauded by regulators, academics and politicians alike. In this article, two Lothian Villa managers (Max Smart and Andy Thorpe) describe the journey of supportive care and healing that goes beyond another kind of home and leads to a different kind of residence; a different kind of caring to create a different kind of family.
AB - A different kind of family may seem a strange thing to attribute to residential childcare, and yet, longevity of care and caring has been achieved in a local authority residential service in Scotland. Lothian Villa in East Lothian has historically provided nurturing supportive care that has been lauded by regulators, academics and politicians alike. In this article, two Lothian Villa managers (Max Smart and Andy Thorpe) describe the journey of supportive care and healing that goes beyond another kind of home and leads to a different kind of residence; a different kind of caring to create a different kind of family.
KW - nurturing
KW - relational caring
KW - conection and family
UR - https://www.celcis.org/knowledge-bank/sircc-journal/all-issues
M3 - Article
SN - 1478-1840
VL - 19
JO - Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care
JF - Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care
IS - 1
ER -