Effective Practice with Looked After Children

ISBN-13: 9781137269805 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 216 str.

Robin Sen

Spis treści

Introduction.- Looked after children contexts and pathways .- Assessment and looked after children.- Direct work, therapeutic work and indirect work.- Pathways after entering care.- Reunification contact and family and friend relationships.- Foster care and kinship care.- Adoption.- Residential care.- Education and Health.- Leaving care.- Conclusion

O autorze

ROBIN SEN is a Lecturer in Child and Family Social Work at the University of Sheffield, UK. Previously a children and families social worker, he has published a number of chapters, research reports and refereed journal articles on child protection, child abuse and child care.

Blurb

Policy and research related to children in care have undergone key developments over the course of the past years. As such, meeting the specific needs of looked after children is a priority for modern social work policy and practice. This comprehensive text combines an accessible overview of statutory policy and legislation with analysis of core theories and interventions to provide a guide for effective practice with children in all care settings. The book:

Covers legislation as well as research-based analysis of the key interventions and practice methods in the field

Meets market needs: students and practitioners struggle with the dearth of specific material on looked after children; this text supports them in a core component of social work study and practice

Consolidates learning through its use of reflective questions, case studies, exercises and research analysis.

 

Effective Practice with Looked After Children an accessible overview of the care context in Britain and is essential reading for students and practitioners wishing to develop effective practice within childcare.