Hi Judy
you wrote...
> My dissertation is focussing on Young Carers and the support they receive
from statutory bodies.
I think you'll find that the 'pastoral' bit refers primarily to the role of
schools, who are involved in addressing such needs for all children through
their school pastoral policy (you would need to look at individual school
policies or at model policies provided by the local authority in order to
find out whether young carers issues were recognised or mentioned there).
e.g. this bit from Chapter 8, Schools
12. A number of agencies, other then social services, will have
greater, and probably earlier contact with young carers and
their families. In particular General Practitioners and other
primary care staff - who will already be in regular contact with
the person needing care - can provide valuable, sensitive
support to young carers and their families. All teachers
already have duties to promote the general progress and
wellbeing of children, and to provide guidance as well as advice
to them on educational and social matters. This is done by
teachers playing their part in implementing the school's
pastoral care policy. These contexts will allow the health and
education services to address the needs of children who are
carers.
The implication for your studies is that you probably need to look at the
generic educational pastoral care literature, e.g. reading list...
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/resources/edubib/0x80f3d2fe_0x000004a4.h
tml
Check the National Association for Pastoral Care in Education at:
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/wie/napce/
Grants were made to local authorities in 1998/9 to help increase school
attendance of marginalised gorups of children including young carers (DoH
Circular number 13/97). You could probably find out who got the money and
what they used it for.
Presumably you've read...
'Young carers and their families' by Becker S, Aldridge J, Dearden C
Aldridge J, Becker S
Children as carers: the impact of parental illness and disability on
children's caring roles
J FAM THER 21 (3): 303-320 AUG 1999
Olsen R
Young carers: Challenging the facts and politics of research into children
and caring
DISABIL SOC 11 (1): 41-54 MAR 1996
These address the relationship between child protection perspectives and
social model persepctives.
Hope that helps.
Best Wishes
Mark Priestley
Centre for Disability Studies
University of Leeds
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