Why Care?

Synopsis: Examines the decision making involved when a child or young person is taken into care. Looks at the history of residential care from the time of Thomas Coram and his Foundling Hospital through to Dr Barnardo, using archive photographs and film. Shows a simulated case conference at the NSPCC in Coventry involving the case of a young girl who had been injured by her father. The topic of discussion is whether or not she should be taken away from her family into care.
Series: Social Problems and Social Welfare, Course D211
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.
Year of production: 1988
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Subjects: Social welfare
Keywords: child welfare; residential care; United Kingdom

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