Revealing the lived reality of kinship care through children and young people’s narratives: "It’s not all nice, it’s not all easy-going, it’s a difficult journey to go on"

Cooper, Karin

doi:10.1332/policypress/9781447304432.003.0010

All Outputs (5)

A case study of lived experience of the implementation of Child Rights Act 2003 In Nigeria (2023)
Thesis
Ikeh, N. C. A case study of lived experience of the implementation of Child Rights Act 2003 In Nigeria. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4260904

Child rights abuses continue to occur in Nigeria despite the domestication of the global child rights treaty. Some state governments have refused to adopt the Child Rights Act (CRA 2003), which is a requirement for it to become operational. Fur... Read More about A case study of lived experience of the implementation of Child Rights Act 2003 In Nigeria.

Where is My Sweet Potato? Creating Change through Forum Theatre with Street Children in Burundi (2020)
Journal Article
Cooper, K., Munyerere, B., Yannick, M., & Omari, L. (2020). Where is My Sweet Potato? Creating Change through Forum Theatre with Street Children in Burundi. Studies on Home and Community Science, 14(1-2), 57-63. https://doi.org/10.31901/24566780.2020/14.1-2.348

This paper examines the innovative use of Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed (Forum Theatre) with a group of 30 street children and young people in East Africa. Drawing upon a project in Burundi, this paper reveals how participants utilized the process... Read More about Where is My Sweet Potato? Creating Change through Forum Theatre with Street Children in Burundi.

Making sense of narrative constructions of child sexual exploitation in England: a qualitative study of how they impact on lived experience, from the perspectives of adult female survivors, non-abusive parents and professionals (2019)
Thesis
Redmond, T. (2019). Making sense of narrative constructions of child sexual exploitation in England: a qualitative study of how they impact on lived experience, from the perspectives of adult female survivors, non-abusive parents and professionals. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4500290

Recent years have seen a shift in structural narratives of how ‘child sexual exploitation’ (CSE), a distinct and complex form of child sexual abuse, has been perceived and responded to in discourse and policy. What is currently identified as ‘child s... Read More about Making sense of narrative constructions of child sexual exploitation in England: a qualitative study of how they impact on lived experience, from the perspectives of adult female survivors, non-abusive parents and professionals.

Displaying the ‘professional self’: the impact of social workers' performance and practice on kinship carers' own children (2016)
Journal Article
Cooper, K. (2017). Displaying the ‘professional self’: the impact of social workers' performance and practice on kinship carers' own children. Child & family social work, 22(2), 914-922. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12311

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Limited research has been conducted in relation to social work and the impact upon kinship carers' own children in a UK context. This paper argues that pressure from government policy imperatives and organizational prio... Read More about Displaying the ‘professional self’: the impact of social workers' performance and practice on kinship carers' own children.

Revealing the lived reality of kinship care through children and young people’s narratives: "It’s not all nice, it’s not all easy-going, it’s a difficult journey to go on" (2013)
Book Chapter
Cooper, K. (2013). Revealing the lived reality of kinship care through children and young people’s narratives: "It’s not all nice, it’s not all easy-going, it’s a difficult journey to go on". In J. R. McCarthy, C.-A. Hooper, & V. Gillies (Eds.), Family troubles?: Exploring changes and challenges in the family lives of children and young people (119-129). Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447304432.003.0010

This chapter examines kinship carers’ own children’s experiences of the kinship care arrangement (also known as family and friends care), drawing on research with kinship care families involving interviews with carers, carers’ own children and placed... Read More about Revealing the lived reality of kinship care through children and young people’s narratives: "It’s not all nice, it’s not all easy-going, it’s a difficult journey to go on".