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Assessing children in need and their families: practice guidance
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 141p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This practice guidance, a companion volume to the guidance in the 'Framework for the assessment of children in need and their families', starts by covering the key theories, research findings and practise wisdom that have underpinned the development of the Assessment Framework. There follows specific knowledge and guidance about working with black and minority ethnic children and their families, and with disabled children and their families. Concludes by outlining the resources which can be used to support staff in their practice and in their professional development.
The Children Act report 1995-1999: a report by the Secretary of State for Health, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment and the Lord Chancellor on the Children Act 1989 ... presented to Parliament ... January 2000
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 153p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report fulfilling three main purposes: providing information to Parliament as required by Section 83 of the Children Act 1989; describing the main changes and developments since the last Children Act report was published in 1995; and setting a framework for a series of reports which will track progress on a number of initiatives.
Child welfare policy and practice: issues and lessons emerging from current research
- Editors:
- IWANIEC Dorota, HILL Malcolm
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 304p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the implications of recent research for all those concerned with child welfare and social work. Addresses topical issues as expressed by central government bodies and enquiries regarding services and policies relating to children in need of care and protection. Includes papers on: issues emerging from child care research post Children Act 1989; the legal and policy contexts for children's services in Scotland and Northern Ireland; the involvement of voluntary organisations in the first Scottish children's services plans; operationalising the definition of children in need from UK child care legislation; understanding and developing family support in Northern Ireland; the transition to adulthood of disabled young people in Northern Ireland; an evaluation of the Scottish pilot of the looking after children records system; educating looked after children; social work conceptions regarding black children in Scotland; the outcomes of a twenty year follow up of children who failed to thrive; communication between child and adult and the implications for use of the live link with child witnesses; and law, policy, practice and research in child and family social work.
The Children Act report 1995-1999
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
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User involvement and participation in social care: research informing practice
- Editors:
- KEMSHALL Hazel, LITTLECHILD Rosemary
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 256p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains papers on: participation and involvement in social care; research and evaluation for service users; action research for the development of children's services in Ukraine; groupwork as a vehicle for user participation; family involvement in child protection; the production of a guide for disabled people to accessing community care assessments; developing strategies for working with cares of older people with mental health problems; meeting the needs of young carers; older people as participating patients; working with Sickle Cell/Thalassaemia support groups; empowering patients; female offenders and the probation service; user involvement, community care and disability research; and research informing practice.