Social Work with Looked After Children

2. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-85725-919-6
Verlag: Learning Matters

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 451 g

Reihe: Transforming Social Work Practice Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cocker, Christine

Allain, Lucille

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Policy and Statistics
The Legal Framework
Pathways and Placement Types
Assessment, Care planning and Contact
Communication skills: Participation, Children's Rights and Life Story Work
Culture, Ethnicity and Faith
Disabled Children
Attachment, Adversity and Resilience
Looked After Children and Mental Health
Education and Health of Looked After Children
Adoption and Permanence
Leaving Care
Conclusion
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Allain, Lucille
Lucille Allain is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Middlesex University and a Programme Leader for the social work pre-qualifying programmes. She has 18 years of child and family social work experience in child protection, looked after children and disabled children. Her experience spans working as a social worker, manager and in commissioning and developing new services. Her current research focuses on social work practice and young people leaving care.