Critical Practice in Working With Children

ISBN-13: 9780230543195 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 224 str.

Tony Sayer

Opis

Comprehensive in its coverage, the text examines the core areas of childcare practice, considering the various strengths and weaknesses of both policy and practice. With an emphasis on reflective practice, this text is insightful reading for all those studying childcare from advanced undergraduate level upwards.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Context of Social Work with Children.- Constructions of Childhood and Youth.- Child Protection: A Social Constructionist Perspective.- Safeguarding Children Living Away from Home.- The Looked After Children's System.- Placements for 'Looked After' Children.- Children in Need: Making 'Prevention' Count.- Working with Young People in the 'Authoritarian State'.- Adolescent Mental Health: a Social Construction?.- Conclusion: Childcare Futures.

O autorze

TONY SAYER is now an independent lecturer and social care consultant. Recently, he was a Lecturer in Social Work at Bournemouth University, UK and he is now an Open University Tutor.