Working with children and families is a challenging, skilled and rewarding area of social work practice. It involves working in diverse settings with various groups of professionals, such as the police, schools, hospitals and community organisations. The current edition of this popular book has been updated to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to undertake essential work with children. It also explores social workers’ values and attitudes in relation to the safety of children and includes references to important legislation such as Every Child Matters, Working Together 2006 and the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
The dilemma to be resolved is how the legal framework, and the legal process, can best reconcile safeguarding children from suffering significant harm with the obligation to respect personal autonomy and family privacy (Hayes, 1997).
This essential textbook is especially designed for practitioners studying at this level. Accessible and thorough, the text focuses on a mixture of conceptual and organisational topics, skills, law, policy and key practice issues.
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Michael and Ryan are mixed race half-brothers aged five and two years old respectively. Michael is of African-Caribbean/white/South Asian ethnicity, while Ryan is AfricanCaribbean/white/Chinese.Their mother, Sara, had left them 'home ...
Written in a lively and engaging style, students and newly qualified social workers will find this book provides a helpful introduction to children and families local authority social work as it exists today.
... S., Jones, A. and Ward, S. (2009) An Analysis of the Key Issues that Impact on Practice Pre- and Post Implementation of the Integrated Children's System. London: Department for Children, Schools and Families. Hollis, F. (1964) ...
This book will provide you with the initial developing knowledge and skills needed to practice ethically and effectively with children and families.
In this " juvenalization of poverty " preschoolers are the poorest Americans ( Gustavsson and Segal 1994 : 59 ) . According to the 2000 census , one in five ( 19.7 percent ) of children under five are poor ( Children's Defense Fund 2001 ) ...
How to best protect children from inappropriate school expectations, practices, and policies. Young Children, 44(3), 14-24. Bresnahan, K., Brooks, C., & Zuckerman, B. (1991). Prenatal cocaine use: Impact on mothers and infants.
With case studies, interactive activities, summaries and guidance throughout, this book looks at the changing context of children and young people’s services heralded by the structural, organizational and funding changes put forward in ...