Links social work theory to practice via case studies of real people in real contexts. Each chapter identifies core competencies, themes and principles. Includes sections on: conciliation work; residential child care; mental health social work; child protection; risk analysis; health care; criminal justice; respite care for children and adults with learning difficulties; working with families; and working with the Children Act 1989.
Links social work theory to practice via case studies of real people in real contexts. Each chapter identifies core competencies, themes and principles. Includes sections on: conciliation work; residential child care; mental health social work; child protection; risk analysis; health care; criminal justice; respite care for children and adults with learning difficulties; working with families; and working with the Children Act 1989.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mediation, mental health services, residential child care, short break care, social welfare law, social work, social work education, social work methods, child protection, families, health care;
Brings together seminal papers, previously published in the journal Adoption and Fostering, contributing to the shaping of fostering practice. Includes articles on: local authority fostering in Wales; a comparative survey of specialist fostering; developing leaving care services; recruiting and retaining foster carers; gender, sex and sexuality in the assessment of prospective carers; assessing Asian families in Scotland; involving birth parents in foster care training; using respite care to prevent long term family breakdown; short term family based care for children in need; short term foster care; meeting the needs of sibling groups in care; fostering as seen by the carers children; fostering children and young people with learning difficulties; the importance of networks to partnership in child centred foster care; how foster carers view contact; the role of social workers in supporting and developing the needs of foster carers; the social worker's experience of contact; social work and the education of children in foster care; the health of children looked after by the local authority; the statutory medical and health needs of looked after children; how foster parents experience social work with particular reference to placement endings; foster carers who cease to foster; the implications of recent child care research findings for foster care; and the foster child - the forgotten party.
Brings together seminal papers, previously published in the journal Adoption and Fostering, contributing to the shaping of fostering practice. Includes articles on: local authority fostering in Wales; a comparative survey of specialist fostering; developing leaving care services; recruiting and retaining foster carers; gender, sex and sexuality in the assessment of prospective carers; assessing Asian families in Scotland; involving birth parents in foster care training; using respite care to prevent long term family breakdown; short term family based care for children in need; short term foster care; meeting the needs of sibling groups in care; fostering as seen by the carers children; fostering children and young people with learning difficulties; the importance of networks to partnership in child centred foster care; how foster carers view contact; the role of social workers in supporting and developing the needs of foster carers; the social worker's experience of contact; social work and the education of children in foster care; the health of children looked after by the local authority; the statutory medical and health needs of looked after children; how foster parents experience social work with particular reference to placement endings; foster carers who cease to foster; the implications of recent child care research findings for foster care; and the foster child - the forgotten party.
Subject terms:
law, learning disabilities, leaving care, local authorities, looked after children, needs, placement, recruitment, sexuality, short break care, siblings, social work methods, social workers, training, user participation, young people, Asian people, birth parents, children, education, foster care, foster carers, foster children, gender, health;