Three Little Words

Three Little Words
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9781416948063
ISBN-13 : 1416948066
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Three Little Words by : Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Rhodes-Courter spent nine years of her life in 14 different foster homes. In this unforgettable memoir, the author recounts her years growing up in the foster care system, revealing painful memories but also her determination to discover the power of her own voice.

Seeing the Child in Child Protection Social Work

Seeing the Child in Child Protection Social Work
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 9781350314146
ISBN-13 : 1350314145
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Seeing the Child in Child Protection Social Work by : Sue Kennedy

Recent Serious Case Reviews into child deaths have concluded that social workers attention is drawn away from the child by demands placed on them by the adults, organisational structures and systems. This book repositions social work thinking and practice by placing the child's lived experience at the centre of its illustrative examples and cases.

Conducting the Home Visit in Child Protection

Conducting the Home Visit in Child Protection
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Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages : 106
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ISBN-10 : 9780335245284
ISBN-13 : 0335245285
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Conducting the Home Visit in Child Protection by : Joanna Nicolas

This pocketbook will be a valuable tool for both qualified professionals and students. Focusing on how to conduct a home visit in child protection, this book provides useful advice including examples of good and bad practice, diagrams and flowcharts illustrating processes and quick links to the law.

Child and Family Assessment in Social Work Practice

Child and Family Assessment in Social Work Practice
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781446247884
ISBN-13 : 1446247880
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Child and Family Assessment in Social Work Practice by : Sally Holland

This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of Child and Family Assessment in Social Work Practice is an essential guide for social work students and practitioners involved in the assessment of children and their families. Focusing on ′core′ assessments and guiding the reader through the complexities of conducting assessments of need and risk, the book now includes within each chapter a range of specifically-tailored exercises and focus points which encourage readers both to reflect on what they have learnt and to understand how they can apply that learning to practice. Placing a strong emphasis on good, evidence-based, assessment practice, Sally Holland has also, for this new edition, included original research evidence from a wide range of up-to-date research studies which are relevant to today′s practice and which aim to promote a critical and reflective approach to the assessment process. The book is divided into three parts: - Part 1 explores different appoaches to assessment work, outlining policy changes and their implications for working with children and their families. - Part 2 studies those involved in child and family assessments: children and their parents; and the relationship between the assessors and the assessed. - Part 3 - a more practical guide - outlines the actual process of an assessment, illustrated by case studies, focusing on planning assessment methods, analysis, reporting and critical evaluation. Accessibly relating theory and research to actual practice through the use of case studies, exercises, and suggestions for good practice and further reading, this book has a student-friendly structure It will be an invaluable resource for practitioners and academics across the field of social welfare, particularly for those embarking on, or already involved in, child and family assessment.

No Way to Treat a Child

No Way to Treat a Child
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Publisher : Bombardier Books
Total Pages : 299
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ISBN-10 : 9781642936582
ISBN-13 : 1642936588
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis No Way to Treat a Child by : Naomi Schaefer Riley

Kids in danger are treated instrumentally to promote the rehabilitation of their parents, the welfare of their communities, and the social justice of their race and tribe—all with the inevitable result that their most precious developmental years are lost in bureaucratic and judicial red tape. It is time to stop letting efforts to fix the child welfare system get derailed by activists who are concerned with race-matching, blood ties, and the abstract demands of social justice, and start asking the most important question: Where are the emotionally and financially stable, loving, and permanent homes where these kids can thrive? “Naomi Riley’s book reveals the extent to which abused and abandoned children are often injured by their government rescuers. It is a must-read for those seeking solutions to this national crisis.” —Robert L. Woodson, Sr., civil rights leader and president of the Woodson Center “Everyone interested in child welfare should grapple with Naomi Riley’s powerful evidence that the current system ill-serves the safety and well-being of vulnerable kids.” —Walter Olson, senior fellow, Cato Institute, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies

Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood

Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood
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Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages : 322
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ISBN-10 : 9781846427916
ISBN-13 : 1846427916
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood by : Mike Stein

The transition from care into adulthood is a difficult step for any young person, but young people leaving care have a high risk of social exclusion, both in terms of material disadvantage and marginalisation. In Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood leading academics gather together the latest international research relating to the transition of young people leaving care, outlining and comparing the range of legal and policy frameworks, welfare regimes and innovative practice across 16 countries. The book also highlights the variations that exist between different groups leaving care. Featuring key messages for policy and practice, this book will give academics, practitioners and policymakers valuable insights into how to encourage resilience and improve outcomes for care leavers.

Working with Denied Child Abuse

Working with Denied Child Abuse
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Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages : 224
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780335230303
ISBN-13 : 033523030X
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Working with Denied Child Abuse by : Andrew Turnell

How can professionals build constructive relationships with families where the parents dispute professional allegations of serious child abuse? How can meaningful safety for children be created in these families? How can professionals work together constructively in such cases? Situations where parents refute child abuse allegations made against them are often deemed to be impossible or untreatable by statutory and treatment professionals. These cases can consume enormous amounts of professional time and energy and frequently become bogged down by ongoing professional-family mistrust and dispute. Often, the decision to close such cases comes about not because the children are safe, but rather because the professionalsrun out of ideas, time and energy. Working with ‘Denied’ Child Abuse presents an innovative, safety-focused, partnership-based, model called Resolutions, which provides an alternative approach for responding rigourously and creatively to such cases. It describes each stage of this practical model and demonstrates the approach through many case examples from therapists, statutory social workers and other professionals working in Europe, North America and Australasia. The book is key reading for legal, health and social care professionals working in the area of child protection.

Protecting Children

Protecting Children
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Publisher : Policy Press
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 9781447332749
ISBN-13 : 1447332741
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Protecting Children by : Featherstone, Brid

The state is increasingly experienced as both intrusive and neglectful, particularly by those living in poverty, leading to loss of trust and widespread feelings of alienation and disconnection. Against this tense background, this innovative book argues that child protection policies and practices have become part of the problem, rather than ensuring children’s well-being and safety. Building on the ideas in the best-selling Re-imagining child protection and drawing together a wide range of social theorists and disciplines, the book: • Challenges existing notions of child protection, revealing their limits; • Ensures that the harms children and families experience are explored in a way that acknowledges the social and economic contexts in which they live; • Explains how the protective capacities within families and communities can be mobilised and practices of co-production adopted; • Places ethics and human rights at the centre of everyday conversations and practices.

Social Work with Looked After Children

Social Work with Looked After Children
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Publisher : Learning Matters
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9780857259219
ISBN-13 : 0857259210
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Social Work with Looked After Children by : Christine Cocker

This revised edition details organisational systems and structures that are part of the assessment and planning process for looked after children. This is closely interwoven with discussions about their emotional development, educational, health and cultural needs and how these needs can be met through social work and a range of other services. The views of looked after children are highlighted through case studies and summaries of research findings, and the range of skills and knowledge necessary to support looked after children through the key events they experience, including loss, change and the development of new relationships, are explained and illustrated.

Seeing the Child in Child Protection Social Work

Seeing the Child in Child Protection Social Work
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 213
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781137502155
ISBN-13 : 1137502150
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Seeing the Child in Child Protection Social Work by : Sue Kennedy

Recent Serious Case Reviews into child deaths have concluded that social workers attention is drawn away from the child by demands placed on them by the adults, organisational structures and systems. This book repositions social work thinking and practice by placing the child's lived experience at the centre of its illustrative examples and cases.