Social work with looked after children
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Social work with looked after children
(Transforming social work practice / series editors, Jonathan Parker and Greta Bradley)
SAGE/Learning Matters, 2019
3rd ed
- : pbk
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-322) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This practical book looks at the experiences of children in need who live in state care and the social worker's role in working with them. This is a popular guide to this complex and demanding area of practice. There are chapters on communication and children's rights, life story work, attachment and culture, ethnicity and faith. Throughout the book there are sections on supporting legislation and policy for children in residential care, foster care, adoption and leaving care.
Key features include:
Practical links between theory and practice
Includes law and policy relevant to looked-after children
Information on understanding statistics
Contains lots of practical activities
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Policy and Statistics
Chapter 2: The Legal Framework
Chapter 3: Pathways and Placement Types
Chapter 4: Assessment, Care Planning and Contact
Chapter 5: Communication Skills: Participation, Children's Rights and Life Story Work
Chapter 6: Diversity and Equality
Chapter 7: Disabled Children
Chapter 8: Attachment, Adversity and Resilience
Chapter 9: Looked After Children and Mental Health
Chapter 10: Education of Looked After Children
CHapter 11: Health of Looked After Children
Chapter 12: Adoption and Permanence
Chapter 13: Leaving Care
by "Nielsen BookData"