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Iyer, P., Boddy, J., Hammelsbeck, R., and Lynch-Huggins, S. (2020) Contact following placement in care, adoption or special guardianship: implications for children’s and young people’s wellbeing Evidence Review
Hunt J. (2000) Key findings from the last two decades of UK research on kinship care
Wellard S., Meakings S., Farmer E., and Hunt J. (2017) Growing up in kinship care: Experiences as adolescents and outcomes in young adulthood London: Grandparents Plus
Simmonds, J., Harwin, J., Brown., R., and Broadhurst, K. (2019) Special Guardianship: a review of the evidence summary report, Nuffield Family Justice Observatory.
Harwin, J., Simmonds, J., Broadhurst, K., and Brown., R. (2019) Special guardianship: a review of the English research studies Nuffield Family Justice Observatory.
Harwin, J, Alrouh, B., Golding, L., McQuarrie, T., Broadhurst, K., and Cusworth L. (2019) The contribution of supervision orders and special guardianship to children’s lives and family justice final report.
Cleaver H., Rose., W. (2021) Safeguarding Children living with Foster Carers, Adopters and Special Guardians: Learning from case reviews 2007–2019 CoramBAAF
Cleaver H., Rose., W. (2021) Safeguarding Children living with Foster Carers, Adopters and Special Guardians: A guide to reflective practice CoramBAAF
Schoenwald E., Smyth E., Gwyther J., O’Higgins A., Briggs E., Gurau O., and Alam A. (2022) Understanding Formal Kinship Care Arrangements in England - Analysis of Administrative Data What Works for Children’s Social Care
Hunt, J (2020) Practicing in kinship care: the perspectives of social workers Joan Hunt Kinship
Published research into kinship care - Kinship - The kinship care charity
McGrath, P (2021) Becoming and Being a Grandparent Special Guardian: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis University of East Anglia
Shuttleworth, P (2021) What matters to children living in kinship care: "another way of being a normal family" University of Sussex
Tah, P., and Selwyn, J (2025) Raised by relatives - the experiences of Black and Asian kinship carers Kinship
Wade, J., and Simmonds, J. (2014) Investigating Special Guardianship: experiences, challenges and outcomes Research report Department for Education
Selwyn J. T., Farmer E., Meakings S. J., and Vaisey P. (2013) The Poor Relations? Children and Informal Kinship Carers Speak Out: A Summary Research Report University of Bristol
McPherson, S. (2023) Kinship Care: JA to UK – Family Dynamics, Culture & Gender Context The Churchill Fellowship