Journal of Children's Services: Volume 5 Issue 3

The challenge of the Children Act 1989: balancing support, care and protection for children

Rupert Hughes, Wendy Rose

Children's experience of the Children Act 1989

Roger Morgan

This article sets out the views and experience of children and young people on selected major aspects of their lives which are governed by provisions in the Children Act 1989. It…

Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children: a bridge too far?

Jane Tunstill, Jane Aldgate, June Thoburn

This article describes the contrast between the clearly expressed and optimistic intentions of section 17 of the Children Act 1989, namely to produce a genuine service continuum…

Family centres: protection and promotion at the heart of the Children Act 1989

Chris Warren‐Adamson, Anita Lightburn

This article reflects on the significance of family centres in the UK as a mirror of new possibilities for child welfare in the years following the Children Act 1989. The Act…

Rearing a toothless tiger? From area child protection committee to local safeguarding children board

Jan Horwath

This article uses a model describing different levels of collaboration to chart the development of area child protection committees (ACPCs) and their successors, local…

Reconnecting care and education: from the Children Act 1989 to Care Matters

Sonia Jackson

The Children Act 1989 ended a period of four decades during which the education of children and young people in care was almost entirely neglected. However, it was another 20…

Disabled children and the Children Act 1989

Peter Smith

This article examines the impact on disabled children and their families of the Children Act 1989 from the author's perspective of close involvement in this area of policy from…

From public health to Ofsted: the impact of the Children Act 1989 on early years services

Denise Hevey

Early years policy and services have been subjected to substantial and rapid reform over the past 20 years. This article provides a brief overview of legislative and policy…

Services are not enough: child well‐being in a very unequal society

John Rowlands

This article offers a resumé of, and reflection on, policy ideas that have emerged since the implementation of the Children Act 1989 concerning child need, vulnerability and…