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This is your life
- Author:
- WINGHAM Gaynor
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 27, 15.1.03, 2003, pp.34-35..
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Explores the role and practice of life story work with children and young people.
Evaluating young children
- Author:
- BARRER Brigid
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Now: the Practice Journal of Child, Youth and Family, 28, August 2004, pp.17-22.
- Publisher:
- Child, Youth and Family (Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, Te Tari Awhina I te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whanau)
Describes the processes of extended forensic, or diagnostic, assessment in New Zealand, when the statutory investigation by the social worker requires detailed evaluation of a young child. Outlines research on the model, recent research on talking with children, the process, the introductory phase, rapport building, activities, cognitive assessment, and results.
Child and Family Social Work
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Child and Family Social Work publishes original and distinguished contributions on matters of research, theory, policy and practice in the field of social work with children and their families. The journal gives international definition to the discipline and practice of child and family social work.
Child welfare and the United States: policy, practice and innovations in service delivery
- Authors:
- BROOKS D., WEBSTER D.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 8(4), October 1999, pp.297-307.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Child welfare in the United States is characterised by numerous and complex problems. By reviewing welfare policy and trends in the United States, this article aims to stimulate discussion about innovative approaches that could allow child welfare professionals, both in the US and internationally, to better meet the needs of children and families.
The child welfare institution in the future - reflections on possible developments and dilemmas
- Author:
- STORO Jan
- Journal article citation:
- Nordisk Sosialt Arbeid, 19(4), 1999, pp.204-209.
- Publisher:
- Universitetsforlaget AS
This article discusses various aspects of how child welfare services in Norway might develop to meet the demands of the future.
The silent witness
- Author:
- SIMPSON Carrie
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, September 1998, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Child observation is increasingly being included in social work education at qualifying and post qualifying levels, to try and instill an ability to see from the child's and not the carer's perspective. The author, who took part in the pioneering child observation training at the Tavistock Clinic, describes how gruelling the process is.
Consultative practice
- Authors:
- SCHLUTER Mary, MUIR Paul, FINDLEY Nick
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Now: the Practice Journal of Child, Youth and Family, 10, August 1998, pp.40-44.
- Publisher:
- Child, Youth and Family (Department of Child, Youth and Family Services, Te Tari Awhina I te Tamaiti, te Rangatahi, tae atu ki te Whanau)
Discusses the work of practice consultants and their strategic role in the New Zealand Children and Young People and their Families Service, giving a table of each focus, problem and consultancy task. Describes casework practice referrals, consultants and work performance, and using external consultants. While most respondents clearly indicated they believed they were effective there were some
Good enough parenting: the role of parental education
- Author:
- MORTLEY Emma
- Publisher:
- University of East Anglia
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 47p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Norwich
Research study looking at parent education programmes and considering the implications for social work practice.
Reflections on ways to create a safe therapeutic culture for children in family therapy
- Author:
- ROBER Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Family Process, 37(2), Summer 1998, pp.201-213.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Although a large number of publications in the family therapy field stress the importance of children in family therapy, some authors report that, in practice, many family therapists do not actively involve children in their therapies. The author reflects on the experiential reasons for this exclusion of children and considers the importance of the use of the self of the therapist...
A systematic knowledge base in child protection; what knowledge do social workers use?
- Author:
- FISHER Terry
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Work Research and Development Unit
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 86p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Report presenting a summary of findings of a study exploring the linkage, or lack of it, between social work practice in the field of child protection and the available base in systematic knowledge.