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Secret Lives is the sister volume to Substance Misuse and Child Care . It offers new and challenging insights into the task of working with children and young people who are affected by substance misuse, particularly those who are: brought up in substance misusing households; and beginning to misuse substances themselves in this context. The nature and incidence of the misuse of substances are a source of increasing concern within our society. The debate about the appropriate response to that misuse often only considers the user of that substance. This work concerns the impact that misuse has on the children who live with the user, who are so often the forgotten population in the substance misuse system. The title of this book, Secret Lives , was suggested by a nine year old for the children's group that she was a part of. Studies suggest that for the majority of local authorities substances are an integral factor in over a third of child protection cases and an increasing number of family support referrals. This significance is not reflected in the scant literature regarding parental substance misuse, in particular the impact of parental and sibling drug misuse on children themselves. This book brings together the work of researchers and practitioners who have developed services that can help us improve our response to these children. It aims to aid practitioners and managers in the identification, assessment, treatment and support of the children and siblings of substance misusers.

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Fiona Harbin is the Multi Agency Substance Misuse Training Coordinator for Bolton Social Services Drug Action Team, having worked as a social worker since 1989, and specifically with children and families where substance was affecting parenting since 1996. She currently works as Young Persons Substance Misuse Training Coordinator in Bolton. She has co-edited with Michael Murphy Substance Misuse and Childcare (RHP 2001), and contributed a chapter with Michael Murphy to Assessment in Childcare, edited by Calder and Hackett (RHP 2003). Michael Murphy is a senior lecturer in the faculty of Health and Social Care at Salford University. He is also chair of the Bolton Substance Misuse research group, which was the coordinating group for the Highs and Lows of Family Life, a Lottery funded research project. The group is currently seeking funding for a longitudinal research project on children brought up in substance misusing families. Publications from this group include The highs and lows of family life (2001, Salford University) and The Child's View (2004, Bolton ACPC/DAT). Michael co-edited Substance Misuse and Childcare (RHP, 2001).

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