Values and Practice in Children's Services

ISBN-13: 9781403914743 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 217 str.

Roger Smith

Opis

Values and their application are a continuing area of concern for those involved in work with children and families. This book provides a means of understanding models of social welfare and children's services, and relating these to the challenges of practice. Key debates about values in children's services are identified and examined, in their legislative, policy and practice contexts. The text develops a range of approaches to practice, utilizing case examples to illustrate the challenges, and to help practitioners with the task of reconciling competing expectations in their work with children.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Values in Context.- Keeping it in the Family: 'laissez-faire' and Minimal Intervention.- Child Protection and the Authoritative State.- Working in Partnership? The State and Family Support.- Rights and Empowerment in Children's Services.- Of Discourses and Dilemmas.- Values and Anti-Discriminatory Practice.- A Framework for Action.

O autorze

ROGER SMITH is Lecturer and Programme Director in the School of Social Work at the University of Leicester. His research interests include youth offending, childcare, social inclusion, child poverty and user participation.