Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables and boxes
- Acknowledgements
- one Setting the scene
- two The study
- three The origins of a care ethic in care workers’ childhoods
- four Entering care work with vulnerable children
- five Care workers’ careers and identities: change and continuity
- six What do vulnerable children need? Understandings of care
- seven Experiences of care work
- eight Leavers, movers and stayers
- nine Managing care work and family life
- ten Conclusions and policy implications
- Appendix: Boxes and additional tables
- References
- Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables and boxes
- Acknowledgements
- one Setting the scene
- two The study
- three The origins of a care ethic in care workers’ childhoods
- four Entering care work with vulnerable children
- five Care workers’ careers and identities: change and continuity
- six What do vulnerable children need? Understandings of care
- seven Experiences of care work
- eight Leavers, movers and stayers
- nine Managing care work and family life
- ten Conclusions and policy implications
- Appendix: Boxes and additional tables
- References
- Index
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- Coming to CareThe Work and Family Lives of Workers Caring for Vulnerable Children, pp. viPublisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2007