Download or read book Another Kind of Home written by Angus Skinner and published by Bernan Press(PA). This book was released on 1992 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides a strategic overview of the issues confronting residential child care services and at the same time addresses some basic issues that affect the experience and quality of daily life of young people in residential care. The focus of the review has been the 154 homes and schools in Scotland which are either run by, or registered with, a local authority social work department and provide care for the purposes of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. The emphasis throughout the report is on the young people's personal experience of theis public service with its immediate and long-term effects on individuals' lives.