Family Centres and Their International Role in Social Action: Social Work as Informal Education

ISBN-13: 9781138629455 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 244 str.

Chris Warren-Adamson

Opis

This title was first published in 2001: This international assessment of family centres offers creative practice ideas and highlights the role of practitioners as developmental or informal educationalists. The book challenges care management in child protection as the dominant discourse in child care social work and argues that integrated practice in family centres offers a more appropriate approach to working with children and families.

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction: family centres, integrating practice, and empowerment journeys, Chris Warren-Adamson; The family centre and the consolidation of integrated practice, Chris Stones; What’s happening in France? the settlement and social action centre. Exchange as empowerment, Chris Warren-Adamson with Anne-Marie David and Jean-Paul Ducandas; Education and empowerment in family centres, Paul Montgomery and Claire Cook; Francophone centres in Québec, Canada - two case studies, Irene Kyle and Maureen Kellerman with Alla Ivask; The referral only centre - managing changing attitudes to parenting, Audrey Fessler; The office as centre. A ’patch’ approach, supporting and protecting in two Massachusetts communities, John Zalenski and Carolyn Burns; Justice, child protection and family centres, part 1(inside), Ellen Jones and Dave Ely; Justice, child protection and family centres, part 2 (outside), Terri Fletcher and Mo Romano; Aotearoa/ New Zealand - family centered practice from a mental health perspective, Lynne Briggs; Aotearoa/ New Zealand - working differently with communities and families, Robyn Munford and Jackie Sanders, with Ann Andrew, Peter Butler, Ripeka Kaipuke, Leland Ruwhiu; Contemporary debates in centre practice in youth justice and community development, Andy Lloyd and Nick Frost; User participation in family centres in Greece, Vasso Gabrilidou, Elpida Ioannidou and Evi Hatzivarnava; Make your experience count: social work as informal education, Di Holland; The neighbourhood family centre as a base for life-long learning, Joy Adamson with members of Togher family centre, Ireland; Conclusion - lessons from family centres: the authentic site for ecological practice, Chris Warren-Adamson.

O autorze

Chris Warren-Adamson, Southampton University, UK