Harry Hendrick
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861344779
- eISBN:
- 9781447301721
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861344779.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Comparative and Historical Sociology
This chapter talks about the children of the welfare state from 1945 to 1979, starting with the Curtis Report that was published in 1946. The 1948 Children Act, the differences between deprivation ...
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This chapter talks about the children of the welfare state from 1945 to 1979, starting with the Curtis Report that was published in 1946. The 1948 Children Act, the differences between deprivation and depravation, and the Ingleby Report are studied. The discussion then moves to the 1963 and 1969 versions of the Children and Young Persons Act, followed by the concept of ‘family service’ in the community from 1970 to 1975. Finally, the chapter introduces the concept of the ‘battered baby’ in the section on the rediscovery of child abuse in the 1960s.Less
This chapter talks about the children of the welfare state from 1945 to 1979, starting with the Curtis Report that was published in 1946. The 1948 Children Act, the differences between deprivation and depravation, and the Ingleby Report are studied. The discussion then moves to the 1963 and 1969 versions of the Children and Young Persons Act, followed by the concept of ‘family service’ in the community from 1970 to 1975. Finally, the chapter introduces the concept of the ‘battered baby’ in the section on the rediscovery of child abuse in the 1960s.
Bob Holman
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861343536
- eISBN:
- 9781447301653
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861343536.003.0003
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families
Barbara Kahan spent a long time in the world of child welfare. Her professional lifespan coincided with many major developments for disadvantaged and deprived children. As a local authority ...
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Barbara Kahan spent a long time in the world of child welfare. Her professional lifespan coincided with many major developments for disadvantaged and deprived children. As a local authority practitioner, senior civil servant, writer, and campaigner, Kahan was always at the forefront. She won a state scholarship to the University of Cambridge in 1939, a development that changed her life. In 1943, Kahan was assigned as a government inspector of factories in the Midlands. From newspapers, she learnt about the campaign of Lady Allen of Hurtwood to improve the lives of deprived children. Kahan read and wept over the Curtis Report. She was determined to work among such children and applied for the newly created post of children's officer for Dudley. By the late 1960s, Kahan was a national figure within child-care circles. She played important roles in a committee chaired by Frederic Seebohm to consider what changes were necessary to ensure an effective family service, and in the passage of the Local Authority Social Services Act of 1970.Less
Barbara Kahan spent a long time in the world of child welfare. Her professional lifespan coincided with many major developments for disadvantaged and deprived children. As a local authority practitioner, senior civil servant, writer, and campaigner, Kahan was always at the forefront. She won a state scholarship to the University of Cambridge in 1939, a development that changed her life. In 1943, Kahan was assigned as a government inspector of factories in the Midlands. From newspapers, she learnt about the campaign of Lady Allen of Hurtwood to improve the lives of deprived children. Kahan read and wept over the Curtis Report. She was determined to work among such children and applied for the newly created post of children's officer for Dudley. By the late 1960s, Kahan was a national figure within child-care circles. She played important roles in a committee chaired by Frederic Seebohm to consider what changes were necessary to ensure an effective family service, and in the passage of the Local Authority Social Services Act of 1970.
