Social Work with Children and Families

ISBN-13: 9780230293854 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 352 str.

Martin Brett Davies

Opis

This tightly-structured text covers all the different aspects of social work knowledge students need in order to develop effective practice for working with children and families. Exploring the strands of policy, the law, theory, research and practice, Social Work with Children and Families offers an incisive and coherent overview of a complex area of practice. Edited by Martin Davies, a leading authority on social work in the UK, this book brings together contributors from a range of universities and practice backgrounds, offering a rigorously systematic survey of this vital topic.

Spis treści

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: SOCIAL WORK AND THE PROVISION OF FAMILY SUPPORT Introduction; N.Frost Family Support: Policies for Practice; K.Morris The Legal Foundations of Family Support Work; L.Jordan The Theoretical Foundations of Family Support Work; N.Frost & P.Dolan What Research Findings Tell Social Workers about Family Support; A.McLeod Family Support Work in Practice; J.McCormack PART II: SOCIAL WORK AND CHILD PROTECTION Introduction; J.Smeeton Social Policy and Child Protection: Using the Heart and the Head: M.Little; D.Jodrell & S.Karakurt Legal Perspectives on Social Work in Child Protection; C.Ball The Place that Theory Plays in Child Protection Social Work; S.Hackett The Challenging Nature of Research in Child Protection; H.Sneddon Child Protection Social Work in Practice; J.Smeeton PART III: SOCIAL WORK IN THE FIELD OF ADOPTION AND FOSTERING Introduction; C.Jones Adoption: From the Preservation of the Moral Order to the Needs of the Child; J.Simmonds Legal Perspectives on Social Work in Adoption and Fostering; C.Ball Two Theoretical Fields Relevant to the Practice of Social Work in Adoption and Fostering; C.Jones Milestones in Adoption and Fostering Research; G.Clapton Adoption and Fostering in Practice; S.Holland & C.Love PART IV: RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE Introduction; A.Kendrick Residential Child Care Policy; J.Stanley Residential Child Care: The Legal Foundations and Requirements; R.Sen Theory in Residential Child Care; M.Smith What Research Tells Us about Residential Child Care Practice; A.Kendrick Residential Child Care in Practice; J.Bolger & J.Millar Index.

O autorze

Martin Davies is Professor Emeritus at the University of East Anglia, UK, where he was the founding Director of the Graduate Programme in Social Work. He is the author of seven books and more than a hundred scholarly papers. He is editor of The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Social Work and The Blackwell Companion to Social Work, now in its third edition. His text, The Essential Social Worker, also in its third edition, was based on the UEA course on social work in society, which he taught for twenty years. His most recent authored text, Doing a Successful Research Project, has sold over 8,500 copies since publication in 2007.

Blurb

Social workers are constantly making decisions under pressure. How do policy, law, research and theory influence what they do? This important book provides the answers with a crystal-clear map of the field of social work with children and families.

Focused on four major themes - family support work, child protection, adoption and fostering, residential child care – the book brings together expert commentators to:
? Outline the policy background;
? Summarize the relevant law;
? Describe the key theories;
? Highlight the research findings.

A wealth of real life case studies reveal, in detail, the challenges that social workers face every day. Through a series of questions, readers are invited to join in the process of 'Making connexions' between different elements of social work knowledge and practice.

Edited by the highly respected Martin Davies, this authoritative and illuminating book argues that the skill of the social worker can have life-enhancing consequences for some of the most vulnerable people in society. It is an essential investment for students, educators and practitioners alike.