Social Work with Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children

ISBN-13: 9781403989666 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 264 str.

Ravi Kohli

Opis

Kohli offers a comprehensive overview of what is known about the resettlement of young asylum-seekers, answering social work practitioners' need for a fuller understanding. After reviewing existing approaches, research evidence and current practice, students and practitioners are presented with a new conceptual framework for social work.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children.- The Meaning of Resettlement for Unaccompanied Refugee Children and Young People.- Social Work with Unaccompanied Refugee Children and Young People.- The Social Workers, their Backgrounds and their Work Contexts.- The Unaccompanied Minors and their Circumstances.- Social Work Practice with Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers.- Conclusions.- Bibliography.

O autorze

RAVI K.S KOHLI is Head of Department, Applied Social Studies at the University of Bedfordshire. His research interests include the well-being of refugee children and the ways in which practitioners understand and respond to these children's experiences. He is the Associate Editor of Child and Family Social Work.