Working with Substance-Affected Parents and their Children: A guide for human service workers

ISBN-13: 9781743319499 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 258 str.

Menka Tsantefski; Stefan Gruenert; Lynda Campbell

Opis

A practical guide for human service workers to overcome common problems in working with substance-affected families.

Spis treści

Foreword

Acknowledgements

About the authors

Introduction

PART 1: FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Understanding families with alcohol and other drug problems

2. Conceptualising needs and professional responses

PART 2: SOUND BEGINNINGS

3. Connecting with parents

4. Connecting with children

5. Identifying what you need to know

PART 3: FACILITATING CHANGE AND GROWTH

6. Keeping children and families safe

7. Improving family life from the inside

8. Enhancing informal and formal family support

9. Supporting families when children are in care

PART 4: BEING AT YOUR BEST

10. Self-care and professional development

PART 5: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Chart: Key messages for practice

Glossary of terms

References

Useful websites and resources

Index

O autorze

DR MENKA TSANTEFSKI is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the School of Human Services and Social Work, Griffith University, specialising in child and family-related subjects.

DR STEFAN GRUENERT is a registered psychologist and CEO of Odyssey House, Victoria.

DR LYNDA CAMPBELL has over forty years' experience in the child and family welfare sector including twenty years as a lecturer in Social Work at the University of Melbourne.