A Case Study in International Cooperation

Summary This article is in two parts. The first part describes how ideasand concepts can cross national and linguistic frontiers andhow theories of social work practice may be found suitable forapplication in cultures which are different from the originalsetting. The ideas are likely to grow and develop during theirtravels and may return to their original source as the inspirationfor further innovation. The Kent Project is used as a case examplein the first part and in the second part of the article a newDanish project is described which is based on the Kent theoriesbut may perhaps give workers in the UK ideas for further developments.     

Child Placement Policy: Some European Comparisions

Summary There is consensus among European countries that the first aimof a social policy for families should be to enable childrento remain in their own homes. However, in all countries somechildren require placement apart from their parents, but thereis no agreement as to the best mode of care for these children.Some countries rely entirely on residential care, others almostentirely on family placements in the community. The articlecompares Sweden (high fostering) with Belgium (low fostering),and England and Wales, which is midway between the two, andsuggests that some European models are relevant to English practice.