Child Guidance Centres in Japan: Alternative Care, Social Work, and the Family b

Description: Child Guidance Centres in Japan by Michael Rivera King In contemporary Japan, 85% of children in alternative care remain housed in large welfare institutions, as opposed to family-based foster care. This publication examines how Japan has been isolated from global discourse on alternative care, urging a shift in social work and alternative care policies. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In contemporary Japan, 85% of children in alternative care remain housed in large welfare institutions, as opposed to family-based foster care. This publication examines how Japan has been isolated from global discourse on alternative care, urging a shift in social work and alternative care policies. As the first ethnographic account from inside child guidance centres, it makes a key contribution towards understanding the closed world of Japans social services; including the decision-making processes by which a child is removed from the family and placed into care. In addition, regional variation in policy implementation for alternative care is outlined, with reference to detailed case studies and a discussion around organisational cultures of the child guidance centres. Where foster care is constructed as anything other than professional, it is often seen as a threat to the childs family-bond with their natal parent and therefore not used. Child Guidance Centres in Japan destabilises this construction of the family-bond as singular and discrete, highlighting new practices in alternative care.Child Guidance Centres in Japan: Alternative Care and the Family will be a vital resource for students, scholars of social work and Japanese studies, as well as practitioners and lobbyists involved in alternative care. Author Biography Michael Rivera King completed his doctorate in Social Policy at the University of Oxford. His research interests centre on Japans alternative care system and the children and care-leavers whose lives are touched by this. Michael is the CEO of Ashinaga Association in the UK, a registered charity (number 1183750) promoting international access to higher education in the UK. Table of Contents Part 1: Introduction 1. Introduction Part 2. The Context of Alternative Care 2. Alternative Care 3. Child Guidance Centres 4. The Family-Bond Part 3. Regional Variation of Policy Implementation 5. Regional Variation of Resources 6. Regional Variation of Norms 7. Regional Variation of Organisational Cultures Part 4. Conclusion 8. Conclusion Review "This book represents a Copernican change to our understanding of alternative care in Japan and answers the question of Japans continued use of institutional care over foster care." - Tsuzaki Tetsuo Details ISBN1138365947 ISBN-10 1138365947 ISBN-13 9781138365940 Format Hardcover Author Michael Rivera King Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2020 Publication Date 2020-10-26 UK Release Date 2020-10-26 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2020-10-26 NZ Release Date 2020-10-26 Pages 282 Subtitle Alternative Care, Social Work, and the Family Illustrations 3 Tables, black and white; 23 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Halftones, black and white; 26 Illustrations, black and white Series Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies Alternative 9780367566920 DEWEY 362.730952 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134663546;

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