Dear Clodagh, 

Check these papers out:

Article The Development of European Private Sector Insurance Over th...

Article Schooling and the distribution of wages in the European priv...

Research The Difference Of Causes And Effects Of The Turnover Problem...

Thesis The Patterns of Private Equity Investment in Ireland, 2007 - 2014

Hello Clodagh

I think (from the Google Scholar abstract) that this article does mention Ireland, but I don't know in what context. You could try requesting the full text:

Colton, M., & Roberts, S. (2007). Factors that contribute to high turnover among residential child care staff. Child & Family Social Work, 12(2), 133-142.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229922787_Factors_that_contribute_to_high_turnover_among_residential_care_staff

This is another possibly useful paper, also available on ResearchGate, but again you would need to request the full text:

Holland, S., Faulkner, A., & Perez‐del‐Aguila, R. (2005). Promoting stability and continuity of care for looked after children: A survey and critical review. Child & Family Social Work, 10(1), 29-41.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229915581_Promoting_stability_and_continuity_of_care_for_looked_after_children_A_survey_and_critical_review

It might be worth looking at p.52 in this book:

Clough, R., Bullock, R., & Ward, A. (2006). What Works in Residential Child Care. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=lang_en&id=OE-HBAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=Irish+Private+Residential+Child+Care+Sector-+Staff+turnover&ots=_8Iu62VtHH&sig=V8iYH3yxGgwapg-PUFO1qWImJVM#v=onepage&q=ireland&f=false

I see that Amanda Mainey is referenced; she edited this pdf (below):

Mainey, A., & Crimmens, D. (Eds.). (2006). Fit for the Future?: Residential Child Care in the United Kingdom. National Children's Bureau.

http://www.ncb.org.uk/media/518292/ncercc_fitforthefuture_nov06.pdf

I did a general search in Google Scholar - it looks as if the has written quite extensively on this subject:

http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?as_q=children+residential+care&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_occt=any&as_sauthors=a+mainey&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=1%2C5

Good luck with your dissertation,

very best wishes,

Mary

Article Factors that contribute to high turnover among residential care staff

Article Promoting stability and continuity of care for looked after ...

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