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Social work with looked after children
- Authors:
- COCKER Christine, ALLAIN Lucille
- Publisher:
- Learning Matters
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 2124p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Exeter
This is part of a series written specifically to support students on social work degrees and looks at the experience of children living in state care, and the role of social workers working with them. The views of children are highlighted through case studies and summaries of research findings, and the range of skills and knowledge necessary to support looked after children through the key events the experience. Chapters include: pathways and placement types; assessment, care, planning and contact; communication skills; culture and ethnicity; disabled children; attachment and resilience; mental health problems; education and health; adoption; and leaving care. Each chapter identifies the relevant National Occupational Standards.
Emphasis on school results leaves children with needs on periphery
- Author:
- WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.12.03, 2003, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how an emphasis on performance ratings can result in schools not being as inclusive as they should. Argues that schools will need to be more inclusive if any move to base planning and delivery of children's services around schools is to be a success.