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Pre-order. Available from 24th March.
This unique book engages kinship carers, those who have experienced living with kin, and the professionals who support them to engage in conversations on a range of pertinent topics affecting children in kinship care today.
Divided into three parts, ‘Listening’, ‘Learning’ and ‘Loving’, the book brings to the fore the first-hand experiences of all those living within this context, considering both challenges as well as moments of celebration, hope and success. Professionals from virtual schools, children’s services and social work also provide a holistic perspective and encourage the collaboration needed for positive change. Conversations explore topics from poverty and intergenerational trauma to kinship-friendly cultures and feeling seen and understood. Each discussion supports organisations to review their policies to help transform children’s lives and life chances.
This book is all call to action for all those supporting children in kinship care. It will stimulate conversations on current practice and is a must-read for everyone working with children and young people.
Signed by Lisa Cherry
Pre-order. Available from 24th March.
This unique book engages kinship carers, those who have experienced living with kin, and the professionals who support them to engage in conversations on a range of pertinent topics affecting children in kinship care today.
Divided into three parts, ‘Listening’, ‘Learning’ and ‘Loving’, the book brings to the fore the first-hand experiences of all those living within this context, considering both challenges as well as moments of celebration, hope and success. Professionals from virtual schools, children’s services and social work also provide a holistic perspective and encourage the collaboration needed for positive change. Conversations explore topics from poverty and intergenerational trauma to kinship-friendly cultures and feeling seen and understood. Each discussion supports organisations to review their policies to help transform children’s lives and life chances.
This book is all call to action for all those supporting children in kinship care. It will stimulate conversations on current practice and is a must-read for everyone working with children and young people.
Signed by Lisa Cherry
“This book is a window on kinship care, a powerful collection of conversations with young people, kinship carers and the professionals who support them. These stories are important because kinship families say they need the professionals who work with them to better understand and support them – in all their diversity. There is an urgent need to build a system where policies, services and supports are designed with and for kinship families, to reflect their unique strengths and challenges. Now is the time to listen to Lisa’s conversations and to think about what you can do to shape a future where all kinship families get the support they need and deserve.”
- Dr Lucy Peake, Chief Executive, Kinship
"This is a field that is under researched and books about kinship care are few and far between. The focus on lived experience is refreshing and unique."
- Dr Alison Prowle, Author and Senior Lecturer, Department for Children and Families, University of Worcester
"This is a unique and much-needed book in a field where there are few competing titles. Lisa Cherry's approach of gentle academia followed by conversations with kinship carers, those who have grown up in kinship care, and the professionals who support them, is one I haven't seen anywhere else. This is what makes this book so powerful."
- Sarah Johnson, Author and Founder of Phoenix Education Consultancy and PECtech
