Left behind: reflections of residential care home managers when children leave

A case study of a children's therapeutic residential care provider consisting of five homes in England was carried out to consider the feelings and reflections of the managers on children leaving the home. This is an unexplored perspective/ subject which considers the significant and emotional...

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Published in:	Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care
Main Authors:	Yesha Bhagat, Barbara O'Reilly
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	CELCIS 2021-03-01
Subjects:	care leavers residential care children's homes england

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