Birth parents' perceptions of professional practice in care and adoption proceedings: Implications for practice

Smeeton, Joe and Boxall, Kathy (2011) Birth parents' perceptions of professional practice in care and adoption proceedings: Implications for practice. Child and Family Social Work, 16 (4). pp. 444-453. ISSN 1356-7500

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Abstract

This paper explores non-relinquishing birth parents’ experiences of contested child care and adoption proceedings. It highlights the perceptions and voices of birth parents which are rarely prioritized in dominant discourses of professional practice in this area. The paper reviews previous related research and also discusses a small-scale empirical study which elicited the perspectives of three birth parents whose children had been made subject to care proceedings and placed for adoption in England. Drawing on previous research and this study, the paper makes range of practice recommendations for sensitive professional practice with birth parents during contested child care and adoption proceedings.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Social Work
Depositing User:	Julie Frith
Date Deposited:	04 May 2012 12:12
Last Modified:	17 Jan 2024 01:19
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/38733
DOI:	10.1111/j.1365-2206.2011.00759.x

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