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Family work in action: a handbook for social workers
- Editor:
- MANOR Oded
- Publisher:
- Tavistock
- Publication year:
- 1984
- Pagination:
- 188p.,illus.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Intervention continued: providing care through case management
- Authors:
- GREENE Robert R., UEBEL Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 14(1/2), 2006, pp.31-50.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article describes the case management process - a process for assisting individuals and families with multiple service needs - and its use in various fields of practice including mental health, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), and services for older adults. It addresses the role of the case manager as the person responsible for ensuring
Journal of Family Social Work
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This journal aims to look at what constitutes family social work with a particular interest in research, theory, and practice relating to the broad range of family psychosocial needs and resources in present-day society. The title contains peer-reviewed research articles.
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.
A template for family-centred interagency collaboration
- Authors:
- WALTER Uta M., PETR Christopher G.
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 71(5), September 2000, pp.494-503.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
This article argues that successful interagency collaborations require commitment to a shared value base as the core dimension of the joint efforts. Presents a rationale framework that places family-centered principles at the core and outlines how these principles translate into specific behaviours, attitudes, and policies on all levels within and between organisations. This template can provide guidance to local and state policy makers involved in reforming systems of care.
Correcting confusion
- Author:
- DUTT Ratna
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.2.99, 1999, p.28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how social workers should approach the practical issues involved in working with black families.
The potential and limitations of the German 'care plan discussion' in the helping process
- Author:
- SCHWABE Mathias
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Europe, 6(2), 1999, pp.63-72.
- Publisher:
- Russell House
This article describes a new procedure to be followed in Germany whenever parents and/or their children seek help. It refers to specified forms of support and assistance that can be given in individual cases to assist with the upbringing of children.
The relationship between child and youth care and social work
- Authors:
- GRAY M.M.A., GANNON B.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Maatskaplike Werk, 34(2), June 1998, pp.206-215.
Presents a study of the problems involved in the "marriage" between social work and child and youth care which are in a state of transformation in South Africa.
The limits of preventive strategy
- Author:
- ALIBHAI-BROWN Yasmin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.2.98, 1998, p.16.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how the more we encourage ourselves to expect, the greater the disappointment when it all goes wrong. Argues that it maybe time to look again at the merits of slow, steady prevention measures.
Transferring power from professionals to families
- Author:
- NIXON Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Family Policy, Autumn 1998, p.3.
In New Zealand, Maori influence helped reform child protection services. Describes how the system is being applied in this country.