BLACK FAMILIES involved in kinship care are at the sharp end of living with disparities and inadequate services for their needs, according to one charity worker who is aiming to make a difference.

When deciding exactly when to remove and where to place a child there is no magic formula, write Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack.

There is a deep gulf between the official idea of how families operate and the real lives of ordinary people. Social workers need the support of managers and policymakers to put kinship care and the ...